All Packed Up

Wednesday, December 26 was not at all the day we had expected it to be. The "plan" was to get the truck at 8 AM, finish packing a few boxes, grab some lunch, direct the movers who were coming at 2 that afternoon, and sleep in our empty house on the mattress in the floor.  My parents were coming that night and staying in a hotel so we could all leave early Thursday morning for FL.

Well, let's just say that plan was destroyed.  It was exactly like the saying, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."  We woke up to pouring rain and left to get our 17' truck. This was our first major move TOGETHER so we thought for sure this would hold all our stuff from our 2 bedroom duplex.

After heading to Chick-fil-A for breakfast, we went home to relax and pack a few more boxes. The movers called us WAY ahead of schedule and asked if they could come early since they had a cancellation.  Well, since this didn't fit into the original plan of the day, of course I freaked out and immediately got up and started throwing things in boxes.  Clay delayed them about 1.5 hours so I could have time to get it together (he's so good at that!)  

It poured rain the entire time they were there and at one point they took a 10 minute break because it was so bad. About halfway through their time, one of the guys said that he wasn't sure if they were going to be able to get everything in the truck but they would try their hardest.  WHAT?!?  This was not the news we needed to hear.  As they got closer to jamming it all in, he said they would have to pack our king mattress because they wouldn't be able to leave enough room for us to shove it in the next day.  UH OH...another bump.  

At this point I decided it would be a good idea to lock myself in the bathroom with Cheeto and Chester and chill out.  Clay was handling the stress much better than I was (as usual!) We chatted through the door a few times and it was determined that we would be needing a trailer...the biggest one they had.  GEEZ...so I called and reserved one for us.  

After the movers had crammed everything they could into our truck, we geared up to drive the full truck back to the UHAUL office to get our trailer.  Please keep in mind that neither of us had driven a UHAUL before, much less a FULL one!  For those of you that know Raleigh, we took Wade Ave to the downtown office on Capital Boulevard - not the best decision!  Our full truck on those hills was crazy (almost blowing out the motor and bumping into the curb in those skinny lanes.) The man must have felt sorry for us because he gave us a HUGE discount for our trailer.  

By the time we got back home, my parents had arrived at our place to help finish packing.  1.5 hours later, the trailer was packed and we were all exhausted.  We had pizza at Amedeo's and dad reserved us another room at the Holiday Inn.  The cats slept on blankets in the floor of our empty duplex.   

Packing day was finally over and hardly anything went according to plan.  Lessons learned : get the biggest truck you can get the first time and don't stress out.  It'll all get done somehow, someway.  And it did.