My move spanned three days over the course of a week, though I've been preparing for months. It was an exhausting nightmare!
Here are some interesting statistics:
Number of ...
Packing men: 2 (March 29, 2007)
Hours worked by packers: 17 (8.5 x 2 men)
Boxes packed by packers: 67
Boxes packed by me: 204 (over the course of a few months)
Hours slept night before truck arrives: 2.5
Moving men for loading: 5 (March 30, 2007)
Hours worked by movers loading in Weston: 48.75 (9.75 x 5 men)
Movers that limped: 2
Weight of the marble table that was dropped on Jimmy the mover's foot on another job the day before (hence the limp): 450 (pounds)
Items inventoried in the moving truck: 407
Evenly spaced cuts in one fingertip after tape gun mishap: 6 (3 really deep)
Times I lost both tape guns on truck loading day: 7
Significant bruises: 4
Average showers per day since packing began: 3
Moving men for delivery: 3 (April 3, 2007)
Hours worked by movers unloading in Ponte Vedra Beach: 22.5 (7.5 x 3 men)
Length of truck: 54 (feet)
Estimated weight of truck: 26,000 (pounds)
Actual weight of truck: 51,000 (pounds)
Trips up the stairs to my home office by the movers & me: a gazillion
Heavy boxes that were supposed to go upstairs that the movers "accidentally" (translation: purposely) stacked downstairs, that I found before they left: 12
Heavy boxes that were supposed to go upstairs that the movers "accidentally" (translation: purposely) stacked downstairs, that I didn't find until after they left: 8
Four letter words uttered by me: way too many to count
March 30, 2007
UGH! The truck arrives.
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The movers wrap some furniture out on the patio.
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The "master packer." This guy sure knows how to load a truck!
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Buzz Lightyear is perched on one of the moving men's bumper.
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Four of the moving guys pose for a picture after everything is loaded.
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The sun is setting as the truck leaves Weston.
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April 3, 2007
The truck arrives in Ponte Vedra Beach & the unloading begins. I'm surprised there are only 3 guys to unload since their were 5 guys to load.
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I was responsible for logging everything in as it came off the truck.
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There was an inventory checklist for each of three colors of tags.
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Making progress. The truck is a little more than half empty.
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They struggled to get these huge file cabinets upstairs. I have two offices upstairs. I'll call them "left" & "right." These cabinets are in "right" which is larger than "left." There are also custom cabinets in "left." For some reason I labeled twice as many boxes to go in "left" even though it's the smaller room. There are boxes stacked to the ceiling & they fill the bathroom & bathtub.
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Derrick is happy it's over!
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So is everyone else, but they sure don't look happy!