I. Hate. Moving.
What a load of stress. Granted I don’t have a ton of stuff or tough obligations yet at my age, but whether I’m loading a huge U-Haul trailer or my CR-V, I doubt that I will ever enjoy the process. Aside from the mess of having to pack everything up or put in/take out of a storage unit, one also has to deal with the ensuing change of a new environment, job, school, what have you. I write this not only to complain about my own situation, but also to express sympathy to all of you who have ever had to deal with this! I feel for you! Especially military families who often have to travel overseas back and forth for extended periods of time. Please feel free to use this post to vent and describe your own moving experiences.
In other news, my latest road trip went well. I took a slightly different route this time using mostly I-80 traveling through Nebraska and Wyoming (wow… talk about middle-of-nowhere places). The prairie storms of Wyoming are a sight to see. I almost thought about stopping by Yellowstone, but I think I’ll save that for a weekend trip in the future. Aside from the usual Southern states on my primary route (Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri), I also had the pleasure of driving through Kansas again. Driving northward out of Manhattan following a visit with some family members, I came across an old little industrial and farming town called Waterville, that looked like something straight out of 1930s Dorothy’s Kansas (think The Wizard of Oz). For some reason though those little prairie towns really made me feel at home in some sort of odd way, though admittedly if I lived in Kansas, the city of Manhattan is a very convenient, cosmopolitan place (which in my world means it has big-box stores =).
So, bring on the moving rants. Let’s complain together!
I feel for ya Nigel! I made the mistake of buying that huge leather sofa before our first apartment move…man…there was reason that thing was so cheap, no one else was dumb enough to buy it! That sofa has been up and down the stairs of 3 different apartments and in and out of three different houses. We somehow once managed to put it into an apartment complex elevator!! Sigh…my best advice to anyone moving is don’t buy any BIG furniture, not at least until you are in the home you plan on dying in!
Great advice! That’s quite a resume for a sofa! =)