What was I thinking??? I don't care how much you plan, how many furniture dollies you have, how much you pre-pack, moving is still a disaster. Definitely two thumbs down. Much worse than childbirth (from my perspective at least).
Most of the heavy lifting was completed on Friday and Saturday, with SIL Donnie assisting on Sunday as I was too tired to lift a napkin holder, much less the final large piece of furniture. Then it came time to put things away where they belong. Hahaha! Where do you start? K was on one side of a room and I on the other, and all I could see was her head bobbing along as she moved forward. You couldn't take a step without tripping over something. I haven't had this many smashed toes since the last time I tried dancing.
I think I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm hoping it's not a....well.....you know. My last hurdle is IKEA. I bought a simple assemble-it-yourself TV "stand" there as it was the only one I could find the right height. What a nightmare! The parts package was incomplete and one of two critical pieces wasn't pre-drilled....obviously a quality control lapse back at a supplier's facility (read: some Chinese guy's lean-to). IKEA sucks!
Hopefully by the end of the month (?) everything will be in place. Our complex is really nice, and I'm looking forward to enjoying it once I put this nightmare move behind. Pictures sometime in the future. Hope y'all have been doing well. :)
S
