Jess and I have moved seven times in the last six years. You would think by now that we would be pros at it; everything boxed and stacked in perfect cardboard cubes that create a flat, LEGO-like wall of possessions. Everything finished two days in advanced so we can clean, putty, and hermetically seal the apartment for the next tenants. But alas, we are as overwhelmed as ever and though I would not dub this move "disastrous" I would use words like "disorganized", "hellish", and "soulsapperific". At any rate, after two days of hard labor and a night of sub five hour sleep, we managed to empty our homes and mobilize them. We would still be in RI if not for the generosity of our new friends Aaron and Emily who not only helped us pack and clean, but promised to burn down the building if our landlord doesn't return our security deposit. Remember that promise guys? We high-fived on it which I believe is binding.
We departed for PA at 2PM EST, a mere 2-3 hours behind schedule. We arrived at 1AM EST, a whopping 5 hours behind schedule. It's hard to predict these travel times even with the help of google. Connecticut has (in my opinion) the worst highway planning in the US. Boy do they love their merges in CT. Waterbury should be added along side the Bermuda Triangle as one of the world's great mysteries. Every time I've driven through there has been stop-and-go traffic without ever seeing a cause for the delay. My eyes shed nary a tear as the stunted skyline of Waterbury slowly faded behind us....
Here's the complete packing gallery. My Picasa web gallery hasn't been working with Firefox recently so if you have trouble viewing the photos, try using Internet Explorer.
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| Day 1-2 Packing, RI to PA |
2 comments:
I remember the promise. High five is definately binding (at least in Canadia). Miss you guys. Love the blog.
A few days after you moved the landlord decided to finally fix the porch ad the roof. I kind of miss the old broken one.
New neighbours upstaies are boring and they speak Cantonese rather than Mandarin.
I knew it! He was purposefully holding out on repairs because we asked him to fix it in the first place!
Why can't Cantonese and Mandarin communicate together? I mean, we speak English and you speak Canadian and we made THAT work...
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