9.8.05
something my mom emailed me while I was at camp
A Moving Experience
Days spent moving- 9
Average high temp- 87.5
Average humidity- 80%
Days up before 7 am – 8
Days up before 6 am - 2
Days up past midnight – 7
Meals eaten out – 15
Meals skipped – 7
Times when Kudos snack bars counted as lunch- 5
Home cooked meals eaten during move- 1, Ellen and Steve put us up one night and made waffles for us for breakfast!
# of vile cups of coffee consumed from the corner Shell station before we located our coffee maker- 7
# of boxes packed in an organized manner, labeled as to room, box # and detail of contents, and logged into Mom’s BOOK- 138
# of boxes thrown together at the last minute as the movers were carrying things out, scrawled with a vague description (if we were lucky) – 87
# of tag sales held – 2
# of trips to the dump – 8
size of dumpster rented at new house – 12 cubic yards (filled and replaced once)
gallons of chlorine needed to get pool in condition – 43
# of times we got to use pool during move – 0
Small Pleasures
-Finding “Best of Eric Clapton” CD on the hazardous materials shelf in the back of the garage. (No idea how it got there or why, but it is in perfect condition!)
-Eating pancakes for breakfast and ice cream at night and not feeling guilty because we were burning 5000 calories a day.
-Finally relaxing with a mango rum cocktail on our new screened in porch overlooking our new pool.
Big Blessings
-The 10 different friends who showed up at various times to help in the move-packing, hauling boxes etc.
-Selling the piano at the last minute, and having the professional movers hired by the buyer say “You got anything else you want to throw on the truck?”
Most Poignant Moment:
When everything was cleared out of the house except the piano; sitting on the stairs while Dad played wistful music, and reflecting on the 13 years in the house, remembering 4 little kids running around the huge empty rooms, filling them with Legos….
Lessons Learned
-Next time hire professional movers for the whole move!
-We can live without 75% of the stuff we haul around with us and not miss it.
-We miss our kids!
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Days spent moving- 9
Average high temp- 87.5
Average humidity- 80%
Days up before 7 am – 8
Days up before 6 am - 2
Days up past midnight – 7
Meals eaten out – 15
Meals skipped – 7
Times when Kudos snack bars counted as lunch- 5
Home cooked meals eaten during move- 1, Ellen and Steve put us up one night and made waffles for us for breakfast!
# of vile cups of coffee consumed from the corner Shell station before we located our coffee maker- 7
# of boxes packed in an organized manner, labeled as to room, box # and detail of contents, and logged into Mom’s BOOK- 138
# of boxes thrown together at the last minute as the movers were carrying things out, scrawled with a vague description (if we were lucky) – 87
# of tag sales held – 2
# of trips to the dump – 8
size of dumpster rented at new house – 12 cubic yards (filled and replaced once)
gallons of chlorine needed to get pool in condition – 43
# of times we got to use pool during move – 0
Small Pleasures
-Finding “Best of Eric Clapton” CD on the hazardous materials shelf in the back of the garage. (No idea how it got there or why, but it is in perfect condition!)
-Eating pancakes for breakfast and ice cream at night and not feeling guilty because we were burning 5000 calories a day.
-Finally relaxing with a mango rum cocktail on our new screened in porch overlooking our new pool.
Big Blessings
-The 10 different friends who showed up at various times to help in the move-packing, hauling boxes etc.
-Selling the piano at the last minute, and having the professional movers hired by the buyer say “You got anything else you want to throw on the truck?”
Most Poignant Moment:
When everything was cleared out of the house except the piano; sitting on the stairs while Dad played wistful music, and reflecting on the 13 years in the house, remembering 4 little kids running around the huge empty rooms, filling them with Legos….
Lessons Learned
-Next time hire professional movers for the whole move!
-We can live without 75% of the stuff we haul around with us and not miss it.
-We miss our kids!
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