Wanna store my tupperware, Gus?

Just got a chance to poke my head back into natter and did a quick threadsuck and saw all the birtday wishes from a week ago and I just wanted to thank everyone.

t gobbles up the Golden One's tupperware

Some Homeland Security Neo-Morman is drafting a warrant for my arrest even now.

I've got eight more days to finish packing up my apartment before moving. I'm almost done with my books--I've got 12 boxes full already, with about five more to go. Also filled up five boxes with just the multimedia (CDs, DVDs, and videotapes).

Later this week, I get to do the kitchen, which reminds me--I'd better pick up the sunday Trib this morning, so I'll have some paper to pack up the breakables with. If everything goes on schedule, I'll have it all ready to go before next Sunday's West Wing, except for a last-minute walkthrough with the broom after the movers are done taking everything out Monday morning.

I just hope we can get everything moved in under five hours (1 1/2 to load up from my technically-second floor apartment, 2 1/2 to fill up the third-floor apartment, and an hour to drive between them), but I'm budgeting for six.

t busts a gut

Hourly budgets for movers.

Bwa-ha-ha!

Kathy, it may be closer to the same amount of time for the load-out and load-in. One guy stays on the truck when they are packing to make the load safe for travel. Unloading goes faster because they all carry stuff. They probably will make the travel time as long as they can get away with.

I'm guessing you have an estimate for the whole house, Gus?

They're showing up 9:00 am on Monday, 5/1, so I figure they'll be done loading the truck by 11:00 latest (at least, I hope it doesn't take longer!). So, the Eisenhower and Tri-State shouldn't be that bad at that time--the tricky road will be Willow/Palatine, considering the construction that's going on there now. The guy taking the booking info at the moving company was grumbling a bit about the fact that they're not allowed to use the elevator at the Wheeling address to move furniture in, but I told him that they can move the truck around to the front and move in the boxes and bags that way if it'll be faster.

They'll stop for food somewhere along the way. Which reminds me... remember to have bottled water or some other drink available for them.

bottled water or some other drink available for them.

This is Buffista for "beer". Buffistas are wordy, in this way.

If you have been quoted a flat rate from a grumpy mover, go with it. They are not capable of saying they were wrong. Like programmers, it always takes less "clock time" than shows up on the clock. Even when it doesnt.