3.16.2012

starting to pack

The prospect of packing has loomed in the back of my mind for a while now; you know you need to do it, but it's so overwhelming that you hardly know where to start. And then you also don't want to start too early because you want to minimize the time spent in moving chaos.

We're moving in a week, and even though our new place is just down the street, the effort needed to move there is still substantial. A couple nights ago I put together a packing schedule for the next week that will hopefully keep me on track for getting everything finished.


Today I took the plunge and started taking everything off the walls and pulling out the storage bins. Josh's job will be to take it over the new place as we go (we got the keys yesterday). So now everything is in complete disarry and will remain that way for the next week. Then I'll have the mess in the new apartment. Heavens.

Isn't there a spell in Harry Potter that packs everything for you? I need to practice that one.

5 comments:

Claire said...

Moving is such a hassle! You have my sympathy.

A Mitton said...

Packing is the worst part of moving. It's a huge part of the reason The apartment complexes I moved between in Provo were something like 200 yards apart from each other.

Like your lists though. I totally do the same thing.

A Mitton said...

I don't know where that capital T came from in the middle of that second sentence. Blame it on the fact I woke up twenty minutes ago?

michelle said...

Oh, that would be the best spell ever. At least with a local move, you don't have to put everything in boxes! Clothes on hangers! Good idea to put Josh on transport duty.

m.estelle said...

woo! i can't wait to see your new place! WHEN I SEE YOUR NEW BABE!

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