moving stress, moving worry, I WILL BE SO GLAD WHEN IT'S AUGUST

[supercheesegirl]

OK, so I'm really kind of concerned about our move. Here's why:

1. We need to move over 4th of July weekend, when people are out of town and/or busy. Including my parents, who will be in Paris.

2. F and I each own a few items that are really so heavy that we won't be able to carry them just the two of us. So we definitely need help.

3. F needs to arrange to have his Cube O' Worldly Possessions delivered. The Cube people seem oddly difficult to negotiate with regarding Cube delivery. For example, F knows from past experience that they do not like to deliver a Cube on the weekend, and they charge extra if you want to keep the Cube over a weekend. I don't know yet, but I'm imagining the holiday will only exacerbate this problem.

4. My current apartment and our new apartment are roughly a 45-minute drive apart. So even if we can mobilize any friends (who are in town and not busy on 4th of July) to help us at one end, I don't feel comfortable asking those same friends to help at the other end. So that means I need to mobilize at least two, possibly three (if Cube must be dealt with on a weekday) groups of people who love us enough to carry our heavy shit around in JULY.

5. We're going to be out of town on a road trip from June 19 through June 28--that's two weekends, the two weekends right before the July 4th weekend. That means I need to get the entire apartment packed up approximately NOW.

6. I am sick and I don't want to deal with any of it.

So far, I'm thinking that we can utilize my church friends to help pack the truck on Friday July 3. Several of them have graciously offered (and I helped two of them move last fall). So, pack truck at my current place Friday July 3 in the afternoon, feed friends, then drive to new place, crash out on air mattress. That leaves unpacking the truck on Saturday July 4. Liz has (graciously, graciously) volunteered herself and her man, and my friend Samantha might be able to help too, which might be enough. And if not, or if they understandably can't do it on July 4, my thought is, Screw it and hire some guys on craigslist.

That plan, though, doesn't really cover What To Do With The Cube. I was thinking, we get the apartment on July 1, which is a Wednesday, and the one good thing is that F will only be a 5-minute walk from the new place, so they could drop it off and he could run over and sign for it or whatever. So I was hoping, maybe we could get the Cube on July 1 and get it over with before we need to do my stuff at all. (And then F would be able to wear SHORTS!) But I asked the friend who lives near our new place and she and her husband totally can't do it that day. So now I don't know what to do. Again, I am thinking, Screw it and hire some guys on craigslist. Or maybe F can post on his college's Intarweb and see if any students are in town for the summer who would like some extra cash.

Anyway, that's the current stress. It's enough to make me really want to work on setting the date for my wedding instead.

Comments

[myras-girls.livejournal.com]

Could you hire movers? In the past I've hired movers just to help with certain parts of the move like unloading the truck at the new apartment or just moving the heavy items. It's a good way to get the help without paying a bundle.

[lizabethanqueen]

Depending on my employment status you can have me whenever... I can't speak for Mike, but I can be around. I know how much moving stinks and I have nothing else to do right now.

Also, I hope you feel better soon.

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

Your idea of seeing if some college students want to make some money sounds good. They will not be total strangers.