- Have every single item in a box before your friends come to help load the truck. Do not stop packing because you are tired, just keep going!
- Sell as much as you can before you start packing. You would rather have extra space and less stuff than need a trailer behind your huge truck!
- Eat all of the food in your freezer/fridge a week or more before the move. This way you won't feel obligated to eat what is in the fridge the day before you turn your house in/sell.
- Take a deep breath and submit when your dh recommends throwing something away rather than packing it. This is hard, but good.
- Do all of the laundry before the move and make sure to put it all somewhere before friends get there to load the truck.
- While clearing out the bathrooms to make packing easier, go ahead and pack the personal items so that dh's co-workers do not have to move them and you feel embarrassed.
- Try to keep your children on a good sleep schedule the week leading up to the trip, this should help the trip go more smoothly.
If you follow these tips, you might have a pretty painless experience. Otherwise, you might feel a bit like I do right now! The kids have taken VERY late naps the last three days. They have stayed up over an hour late at night and last night the two littlest slept terribly. I'm not really sure that Piddle slept at all. Right this moment all three are sleeping in the hotel bed right beside me. I am hoping this lack of sleep will lead to a lot of sleep in the car. And, about the personal items, Yeah, I did that. I could feel my face turning red as I frantically tried to figure out how to stop what I was doing and quickly remove the embarrassment. The laundry, yep, I did that too. I heard my father-in-law say "how about the washer and dryer next." So, I quickly ran to the dryer and pulled out all of the cloth diapers. We used the clothes for padding in various boxes. Unpacking should be a blast! No, we didn't sell/throw out enough stuff before the move, so we will be the dorks pulling a U-h@ul trailer behind a Pen5ke truck. I will be getting rid of more upon unpacking! At this point I hope we never have to move again. That is inevitable though. Maybe next time we'll just rent two trucks!
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I dont know why but this posted totally cracked me up. Maybe because I am guilty of all of them and always think to do better next and never, ever do. Hope the move went well. Cant wait to see pictures of the new house!
Wish I could've been there to help you. I know what it's like to pack yourself and move a long way...lots of hard work and not much fun! Hope the unpacking goes well! Glad you made it there safely!
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