Saturday, June 27, 2009

Tips for Moving Cross Country

1. When the movers show up with only half of the people they said they were bringing, complain immediately. Don't figure they know what they are doing.

2. When the consultant tells you the movers will disrupt your life as little as possible until the 3rd of 3 days, don't believe them. Do believe they pack your kitchen first, take your living room furniture immediately, and pack your washer and dryer the first day. The bed does get left!

3. When the truck driver forgets to show up on the third day...take it as a bad sign.

4. When 7 pm on the last day passes and they aren't done, be sad.
When 8 pm on the last day passes, get restless.
When 9 pm on the last day passes, get angry...
When 9:10 rolls around and they are winching your mattress onto the back of the truck, get wary
When 9:20 rolls around and it takes 4 guys to shove the doors of the 18 wheeler shut, start thinking about what new stuff you want to buy
When 9:30 rolls around and the fussy driver realizes he is going to have to drive cross country with a 4 foot tall stuffed dog in the passenger seat, laugh your butt off

5. When traveling with cats, realize that every flight will be delayed and an extra 4+ hours with cats in carriers gets old pretty quickly.

6. Know that when you get a whiff like a dirty diaper, but you don't have a kid, your cat has been in a carrier too long.

7. Two people can fit in an airplane bathroom and you can clean your cat and his carrier in there as well.

8. Don't assume that the room you get put in at 2 am in the morning has hot water.

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