If you are going to have movers anyway, as long as everything is boxed, just have them move the boxes. Especially books which are heavy.
Oh, my, yes. The movers are used to carrying multiple boxes on their backs, and can move so fast in getting things into the truck. The first time I had enough boxes to move, the movers blew my mind by taking three of them at once and balancing them on their backs with strips of cloth wrapped around them being the only thing keeping them together. One little old man (my move was the last of his career) who was no more than 5'4" was taking three big boxes at once, which were almost as tall as he was, it seemed.
Have read instructions for task supervisor asked me to do. At least 75% of the instructions are incomprehensible and require a level of familiarity with the task that I do not have.
I was looking for this story about a long-haired Chihuahua that is "praying" in a Japanese temple and found this much older story about a pack of feral Chihuahuas. I wonder whatever happened to them.
the last time I half moved myself, I did stuff like use suitcases for all my clothes (making multiple trips) and a combo of large shopping bags/shoe boxes for bathroom, bedroom misc., kitchen drawers - then I boxed up the heavy stuff for movers.
Allyson, I wouldn't worry about cleaning.
Vortex, the gay movers were actually one of the most expensive and they did not return phone calls in a timely manner. Then, even though they had given me a written quote for $75/hour, when I spoke with the guy on the phone to confirm dates, times, etc., he said it would be $105/hour and that the written quote was wrong.
Not my favorite experience.
Oh, my god, y'all, the apathy has taken over and I cannot make myself do work, and yet I have two more hours to kill.
I'm staring at my incomprehensible work and...not doing it. It's like it's not even English.
They're showing my place tomorrow at 10am.
Nuts! But is this me just being used to the crazy NYC market? You can never see a place more than a month out, and you hardly ever see a place that still has someone living in it.
