Moving

So, I recently moved during spring break, my last spring break. And it sucked. But I’m not going to ramble on about how I could have been out and about having fun instead of moving. Moving in general usually is an exciting time. You get to have a whole new everything, new room, yard, neighborhood, and even the toilet and sink is a whole new experience, almost a fresh new start. But with every new start comes hard work. Unless you are fortunate enough to get people to do it for you, the same goes for moving.

Relocating a whole family is not easy in any aspect. To start, once you get a house to move into, which is hard in of itself, you have to pack. Seems simple right, just pack your belongings? Well, it’s not. It takes time and contemplation, what to pack with what, how to pack it, are you just going to throw stuff into a box and call it good? Whatever you do, the work you put in at this stage will directly influence the amount of work you put in at the final stage. If you want to be able to take it easy and just have to place things where they go, already separated and easily put in their correct spaces, take the time and carefully think about how you pack.

Your room is all packed, that’s great.  But who packed the kitchen or the living room? If everyone just did their own rooms, who did the rooms that everyone uses? That’s right, mom did. Well kind of, they’re not done. So you have to go help out with them. You help your mom finish the kitchen and your brothers helped out with the living room, but there’s still more. The bathrooms, the garage, the front and back yard, they all need to be packed and it seems like no one is willing to help. But don’t stop, because once you do, you won’t want to start again. Get it all done in one time, if possible.

Well, somehow you manage to get the whole house packed and man, was that exhausting. Now it’s time to actually move! Yay! Everyone knows this is the hard part, but it’s been so hard already, geez. With no enthusiasm whatsoever left, the big U-Haul and truck get loaded up, box by box, dresser by dresser. Don’t stop though, just like with packing; once you stop, you won’t want to get back going at all. One tip I have for you is do NOT start loading up a load right before the sun goes down. You will regret it, trust me.

Once you get all unloaded and everything is at the new house, you feel like it’s time to quit. Don’t think like this, moving is not done when your bed is set up in your room, I promise. There’s still so much work to be done. It’s almost been a whole week since we started moving, and we’re not done, pretty far from it. The big pile of “stuff” in the dining room keeps shrinking every day, but it’s still a big pile.

This was my experience moving this week, I’m very grateful we are her now and my momma is buying a house, but geeeeez, moving is a pain in the butt. The biggest lesson I got out of it is manage your time. Don’t wait to pack until the last minute. Don’t load the U-Haul when it’s almost night time, or wait to start loading until 11:00 or 12:00. And DO NOT stop working when you get everything into the house! Plan carefully and always manage your time, because this could have been way easier than it was with a little more planning.