We're moving, and I really hate moving...

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Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Sep-30-2010 00:33:

We're moving, and I really hate moving...

I finally signed a lease for a new place after five months of searching (I have really high standards for apartments). We're actually making the move mid-October. I really hate the actual moving part, though. HOW DO I MAKE IT EASIER?!

(Note: It's only 6 blocks away but it doesn't matter! Still a huge pain in the ass.)

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Sep-30-2010 00:36:

Pay someone to do it for you.

Posted by Reza on Sep-30-2010 00:39:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Pay Mexicans to do it for you.

Posted by ziptnf on Sep-30-2010 00:39:

Or rent a truck, find a friend, and get ready to lift some furniture.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Sep-30-2010 00:40:

We do have a ton of day laborers down the street looking for work...

Posted by Silky Johnson on Sep-30-2010 00:41:

Go through your shit and purge.

I honestly don't think packing/moving is a big deal if you don't have a lot of crap in your house.

Start packing anything you don't need right away. Take pictures/art down from the walls, etc. Don't leave everything till the last minute.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Sep-30-2010 00:41:

You know but its not even the physical labor part that kills me, its the packing. Im never organized enough.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Sep-30-2010 00:42:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Don't leave everything till the last minute.

I think this is key... I have three weeks, I should do something every day to get it all ready. You're right.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Sep-30-2010 00:53:

yeah just pack up all your nick nacks and whatever the fuck else you don't need right away. Books, odds and ends, etc.

The night before moving the only things I ever had to pack were a few dishes, some toiletries, and some clothes.

Posted by shaw on Sep-30-2010 00:53:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Pay daydreamer to do it for you.

Posted by igottaknow on Sep-30-2010 00:55:

hire someone to steal all the stuff you don't need

Posted by Fledz on Sep-30-2010 01:22:

As someone that's moved suburbs/cities/countries multiple times, I can categorically say that unlike other experiences in life, it never gets easier

It's the packing that kills you.

Posted by tubularbills on Sep-30-2010 01:24:

six blocks? seriously?

and who is "we"?????

Posted by Ygrene on Sep-30-2010 01:27:

Surrender all your hopes and dreams and don't move.

Posted by Renzo on Sep-30-2010 01:30:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Pay Ygrene to lick your Reese's.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Sep-30-2010 01:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Surrender all your hopes and dreams and don't move.

Hey pal!

Posted by shaw on Sep-30-2010 01:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Surrender all your hopes and dreams and don't move.

Posted by gmilf on Sep-30-2010 01:50:

I used homeless guys last time I moved, greatest idea ever. I paid them in cigs. I was nervous about junkies knowing I had nice things but nothing ever happened. I even bought 3 bikes for 20 bucks later on in the year from one of the guys. So, in short use homeless people.

Posted by StereoPrincess on Sep-30-2010 01:52:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Go through your shit and purge.

best advice.

the more shit you get rid of the less shit you have to move. this is key. why bring stuff over to your new place that you are going to get rid of anyways.

PURGE!!

Posted by igottaknow on Sep-30-2010 01:53:

Posted by RandomGirl on Sep-30-2010 01:58:

I agree with the purging thing. Get a box and fill it up with stuff you don't use, don't need, don't want etc. and bring it to the nearest Goodwill (or whatever donation place you have).

No point in packing stuff you don't even want.

Also, get rid of the clothes you don't wear, any that are damaged, and any that don't fit. My policy is that anytime I buy a new shirt, it must replace an old one.

Then like Jenny said, pack everything into boxes that you don't need before you move. Clothes that are out of season, decorative shit, excess dishes (keep out enough to use for you and whoever... so 2 plates, 2 cups, 2 bowls etc.). Once you clear something out, clean it (assuming you have a walk-out inspection when you move and need the place to be clean).

I have moved so many times, I consider myself an expert... and I STILL hate doing it. The key is not to leave it to the last minute (which I will admit I am guilty of doing).

Posted by shaw on Sep-30-2010 01:59:

*grabs parachute*

Posted by EddieZilker on Sep-30-2010 02:00:

quote:
Originally posted by gmilf
I used homeless guys last time I moved, greatest idea ever. I paid them in cigs. I was nervous about junkies knowing I had nice things but nothing ever happened. I even bought 3 bikes for 20 bucks later on in the year from one of the guys. So, in short use homeless people.

Because who doesn't want some schizophrenic woman loudly proclaiming that she has found the portal to Camera One, the first camera in outer space, while she hurls your expensive stereo equipment down a flight of stairs after she's plugged your old toilet with feces and news-paper and flushed it eight times (one for each camera in outer space)?

Posted by Chimney on Sep-30-2010 02:03:

Where in Bangladesh do you live? Might come and give you a hand if we're from the same town.

Posted by Sushipunk on Sep-30-2010 02:03:

quote:
Originally posted by EddieZilker
Because who doesn't want some schizophrenic woman loudly proclaiming that she has found the portal to Camera One, the first camera in outer space, while she hurls your expensive stereo equipment down a flight of stairs after she's plugged your old toilet with feces and news-paper and flushed it eight times (one for each camera in outer space)?