Posted by Rebecca
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:09:00 GMT
We’ve moved and we are dog-tired from it.
This weekend, Becky and I moved out of our apartment and into a duplex. Including Becky and myself, we had 17 people helping out with the move on Saturday.
From packing our last few items to picking up the truck and feeding everyone, everything went smoothly. We ate lunch, moved everything out of the old place and into the new place in only two hours and fifteen minutes.
The word “fast” should be added to the proverb: Many hands make light work.
It should say: Many hands make light, fast work. Well, at least in this case.
Becky’s mom was a tremendous help before, during, and after the move. She is awesome. She came over early on Saturday, along with Becky’s brother and dad, to help us move our fragile stuff into vehicles before the masses descended upon us. Becky’s dad went over to the new place to meet the cable guy so we could have our internet access working while her brother and mom loaded stuff up. Her mom provided lunch and then after the move stayed over at our new place until late helping us clean and unpack the kitchen. She helped Becky get her bedroom and bathroom ready (which was good because I didn’t have a shower curtain and we both needed to have at least one clean bathroom to use).
Then on Sunday her mom went back to the new place after church and did a bunch more cleaning and unpacking in the kitchen, while Becky, Emily and I were at the old place cleaning.
Speaking of cleaning. We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. We got to the apartment at about 1:00 PM and cleaned until about 6:00. Then Becky and I went home to get dinner, which her mother had provided for us (and it was a home cooked meal, too.). After we ate, we went to home depot to grab some light bulbs and keys and then went back to the apartment where we cleaned until nearly 10:00 PM. We finally finished and got to go home, eat some mint chocolate chip ice cream, watch some tv, and set up my bathroom so that I could function like a normal human being.
We still have boxes everywhere but the basics are in place. So far, I only found three broken plates, which really is not a big deal since they were all hand-me-downs anyway.
Oh and when we went back to our apartment on Sunday we found Becky’s curtain rod laying in the grass. Apparently it never made it into the truck on Saturday, and laid in the grass unnoticed for 24 hours. We grabbed it and have it at the duplex now. It was one funny little thing that happened.
Today I’m exceedingly glad to be at work because I will be forced to sit in a chair for 8 hours today and not exert myself physically. This is a very good thing because the last 6-7 days I’ve awakened in the morning only to feel like a steamroller ran over me multiple times during the night.
It’s all forward progress from here and I see rest and relaxation up head.
Thank God for everything He provides.
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Posted by Rebecca
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:28:00 GMT
Last night, Caroline went with me over to Heather’s house to get my stuff out of Heather’s garage. What I thought would take two hours only took a little bit over one hour, so that made me very happy. Caroline wanted a work out and man was she on fire last night! I think I saw her muscles get bigger with every box she lifted.
After we finished up I went back to the apartment and called Heather who then came over to help Becky and me pack. She was a great help…both Becky and I are almost ready to go.
Tonight after work I’m volunteering to help out with the Caedmon’s Call concert that is being held at my church. After I’m finished with my volunteer work, I’m going to head home and do a whirlwind packing job on the few bedroom items I have left. I also have to pack my bathroom stuff and the stuff in the kitchen, but I don’t think I’ll have any trouble getting that done.
Last night was the first night in a week that I was able to crawl in bed at a reasonable hour and go straight to sleep. I had two lovely friends help out last night, and God is having mercy on my poor old tired bones.
I’m also one step closer to being finished with this process, one step closer to relaxation, and one step closer to a huge sigh of relief.
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Posted by Rebecca
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:46:00 GMT
I forgot how much I hate moving. Last night, I was reminded.
Becky and I realized while we were doing our move-in inventory that our new place was filthy. At first glance it looked clean, but the windows were pretty dirty and the blinds looked like they had never been cleaned since the day they were installed. The light fixtures all revealed the shadows of the dead bugs they contained, and the floors, which are tile and berber carpet, we decided needed to be cleaned after we cleaned everything else mentioned above.
So after we both worked full days yesterday, we went over there and cleaned.
In the time that it took me to clean mini-blinds on three windows (blade-by-blade using clorox wet wipes) and mop the tile, Becky cleaned all the window sills, washed the windows, and vacuumed and shampooed the carpet. w00t!
I removed all the light fixtures and wiped them clean on the outside. Becky vacuumed the carcasses out of the insides and I reinstalled them.
We got back to the apartment at 10:00 PM last night, exhausted and dirty. I showered and crawled into bed around 11:15 or so. Man did I want to kill my alarm this morning. Somehow I managed to make it to work but I think I’m only firing on one cylinder today, and I’m probably going to be this way well into next week. I’m sure Becky feels the same way.
It’s scary when you think about it. We’re both already exhausted from moving and we haven’t even moved a single box or piece of furniture yet.
All I can say about this is “yuck.”
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