{"id":448,"date":"2011-12-05T04:50:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T04:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2011-12-05T04:50:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T04:50:33","slug":"moving-is-a-bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/moving-is-a-bitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Is A Bitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"That\u2019s what they say.\u00a0 Life\u2019s circumstances have fortunately limited the number of times I\u2019ve moved.\u00a0 The most recent move was just before Thanksgiving when I left my apartment of eight years for New York to move in with my girlfriend.\u00a0 I was looking forward to every facet of this move, what it meant to me personally, with one exception \u2013 the move itself.I\u2019ve had less than sparkling experiences with moves before (see blog entry from May) and was thus determined to make this move as positive an experience as possible.\u00a0 I began by avoiding the truck rental company I had the misfortune of using in 2003.\u00a0 And I shall forever rave about Penske!\u00a0 I can\u2019t name a flaw that I had with this company.\u00a0 The truck was available at the location and at the time I expected.\u00a0 The truck was in good condition and fairly priced.<\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d done myself a service by beginning the packing process weeks in advance.\u00a0 In fact, I still recommend it even though it means living amongst boxes and crates.\u00a0 There\u2019s still plenty of small items which can\u2019t be packed until the last moment and much that can\u2019t be done until the day the truck arrives.\u00a0 For that reason this begets a comedy which anyone who has moved recently will readily understand.<\/p>\n

Those last few boxes contain the most random assortment of items \u2013 I swear the final box had a box of bags, an extension cord, a rubber band ball, a light jacket, a bag of apples, a Sharpie, and a copy of newspaper printed the day I was born.\u00a0 \u00a0And that\u2019s basically what the back of the Penske truck looks like.\u00a0 You take such care to load the truck in an organized fashion \u2013 the mattress and box spring first, some large or heavy furniture to pack it in, and then a nice lasagna of boxes and fragile glass wrapped in towels.\u00a0 But then there\u2019s the final few feet in the truck which have random loose items \u2013 the vacuum cleaner, some wall hangs, a bag of groceries, and boxes uselessly marked \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d.\u00a0 If you scrutinize the first few feet of the truck it\u2019s a thing of beauty.\u00a0 It looked like I\u2019d drawn out a plan weeks in advance and designed the perfect Tetris.\u00a0 If you examined the last few feet of the truck, you\u2019d think I was forced to move my whole life in fifteen minutes!<\/p>\n

Regardless, with only rain as my battle enemy on this move, by all accounts it was a success.\u00a0 I could not have possibly done this without the help of my parents who I thank deeply.\u00a0 They put their life on hold during one of their busiests seasons as retailers to come down to Washington and see me through the process every step.\u00a0 And I must also thank my girlfriend who was so amazingly calm when I unloaded the truck and my pile of boxes started to consume parts of our living room.\u00a0 She greeted\u00a0me with a plant stand for my Lily, a giftcard\u00a0to a local carwash since my other baby now needs to be parked outside, a blanket for the pup to sit on in my car,\u00a0sweats for lounging, and peanutbutter brownies in\u00a0the shape\u00a0of a couch to welcome me home.<\/p>\n

Feeling the love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s what they say.\u00a0 Life\u2019s circumstances have fortunately limited the number of times I\u2019ve moved.\u00a0 The most recent move was just before Thanksgiving when I left my apartment of eight years for New York to move in with my girlfriend.\u00a0 I was looking forward to every facet of this move, what it meant to me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMoving Is A Bitch - hotel-lobbyists.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/moving-is-a-bitch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moving Is A Bitch - hotel-lobbyists.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"That\u2019s what they say.\u00a0 Life\u2019s circumstances have fortunately limited the number of times I\u2019ve moved.\u00a0 The most recent move was just before Thanksgiving when I left my apartment of eight years for New York to move in with my girlfriend.\u00a0 I was looking forward to every facet of this move, what it meant to me […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/moving-is-a-bitch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"hotel-lobbyists.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-05T04:50:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2021122-vintage-moving-van-300x247.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Administrator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/moving-is-a-bitch\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/05\/moving-is-a-bitch\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Is A Bitch - 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