boxes and boxes

[jazzfish]

After my last three years in Blacksburg, living in five different rooms, two years in the same place has been an unimaginable luxury. That it's been mine, that I can feel equally at home in the bedroom and the kitchen, is equally unimaginable.

But, all good things must turn into other good things. Come the first weekend in August I'll be moving one door over and one floor up to share an apartment with the lovely uilos. Time once again to put everything in boxes and take it out again.

Which brings me to the real point, that being a Cry For Help. The actual hauling of Stuff will be done, mostly, on the second of August. Meet at my place (directions) at ten and we'll start moving stuff. There's no truck since it's literally going just next door. Ideally we'll be finished by the time uilos and her merry band arrive with her truckload, and we can all eat pizza and then unload the truck.

Let me know here if you plan on showing up, or if you can't but next weekend would be better, or whatever.

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

er, possibly? my entire life is currently in flux, but if I'm around I'll try. Not sure if I can manage 10 though

[jazzfish]

No problem; show up pretty much whenever. Last time I had someone show up just in time to get food, which was okay. (Although she nearly got left behind since I'd never actually met her before.)

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

For silmaril's I got there in time for unload/unpack, and probably replaced other people who had to go earlier.

FYI, esp since you're just moving the one floor (and actually in general)

Two move strategies I've seen that make life /so/ much easier on the other end:

For the most part, don't pack clothes into suitcases. Instead,

1) in the closet, take handfuls of hangars, twist tie them together, then throw a big garbage bag over, poke the hangars through, and just beofore leaving, tie the bottom. Repeat. When you get to the new apartment, hang all the bags directly in the closet (hell, you can even number them if you care about the order) and pull the bags off at leisure.

2) drawers: take the drawers out, still full. Move the dresser/chest into the truck. Put the drawers into the dresser/chest, in the truck. Possibly tape shut, or pack other stuff around. Reverse order on destination.

Seems to save a lot of work both on the way out and the way in.

I don't see either of these often, but they were put to good use in the first couple moves I ever helped with.

OTOH, if there's a need to cull clothes, then it's disadvantageous to use the above strategies.