Movers and Shakers

Halfway through the first official day of packing, I say we are making a lot of progress. The moving company sent a team of four guys -- the biggest team I've ever had; usually we get three -- and they seem like the best movers we've ever had. I guess the true test will be when we unpack our stuff in Germany, and then get the rest of it out of storage in 2 years. But they seem like really good packers, and they are very professional as well. I was a little worried about being here alone today, but it seems to be going all right.

I got the downstairs, basement, and garage ready in time for today. I'll have the upstairs done for tomorrow. I have to sort through everything so the things that are going to storage are separate from the things that are going overseas, and the stuff that's in the air shipment is separate from what's going by boat. (Slow boat to Germany?) Also there's just a lot of crap to sort through. You know how it is. You don't know how much stuff you have until you try to move it all...

So I am feeling a little better. Yesterday was just a bad, bad day. So much work to do, and the hives started coming back, and Ziggy crapped in his cage in my car on the way over to Clarissa's... it was just one thing after another. But now half my downstairs is packed up in boxes, and Ziggy is calming down and settling in, and I am making progress upstairs, so I feel like I can breathe again. Thank goodness. I still have a ton of stuff to do, but mostly I'm feeling better.

Tomorrow it's more packing. Wednesday they'll load. Thursday I'll try to get all the rest of the junk out of the house (also I have lunch plans with some old coworkers). And Friday I have a team coming in to clean the house. By this weekend I should be able to head out on the big road trip!