Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Moving Friends's Stuff

One part about being unemployed is you feel obligated to help out when someone needs you. Yep, I’ve got nothing else to draw you in here.

Friends of ours are in the process of buying a house, however before they move in they are having work done on it. In the mean time they are living in a hotel and having their stuff put into storage. My partner, being the person that he is, offered his assistance and our trailer to help haul anything ready to go into the storage unit. Figuring I had nothing better to do, I decided to help out too.

Here’s the thing. When moving, it helps to have stuff, well, packed and ready to go. A majority of the stuff was, but the biggest issues that hinder their ability to quickly pack up and move is that one of them works full time and the other not only has their three kids to watch and clean up after, but also has a bad hip in need of replacement. Plus they were planning on hiring movers and when they were suddenly cash-strapped due to unexpected costs they were not informed about over the house, had to scrap those plans and scramble to get everything out of the house they were renting by the end of the month.

So, after loading up the trailer and back of our Blazer, we headed over to the storage unit and began rearranging stuff and putting boxes and furniture in. Sadly, the unit looked like there was more space in it after we put stuff in than before. I’ll gather that probably had to do with the fact that we were smartly utilizing the vertical space better by stacking what could be stacked. Of course, the house they are moving out of is still filled with tons of stuff, including a huge television none of us could move that sits above their fireplace. Fortunately we convinced the other half of the moving equation it would be best to sell it rather than risk injury to ourselves and/or the floor below. Besides, it’s big and bulky and eventually they’ll want a newer TV when their home is ready anyway.

While a lot of the big stuff is out, they’ve still got a lot of work to do to get the rest of it packed up or thrown away before the end of the month, which, if you’ll notice the date, is only a few days away. I for one do not envy them.

1 comment:

  1. It's amazing how that storage space looked once we took advantage of....THE THIRD DIMENSION!!!

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