Our move, the day we’d be anticipating for weeks arrived. It was only complicated by the fact that we woudln’t be moving in to our new apartment directly. The details are unnecessary, but we needed to move out of 659 Bergen and into an Airbb, which meant moving all of our possessions into Storage for 3 weeks. We still have a few weeks before we’re in our new place.
We thought it through over and over, and ultimately. eschewed the assistance of our friends, and decided we didn’t need movers either. Even though we have a ton of furniture, enough to pack full two 10x10 storage rooms, some items well over 100 pounds, we became persuaded we could move it all ourselves.
It wasn’t until we finally got to our first unliftably heavy dresser did we feel vindicated. Once that was in the truck, I let the 2 friends I had secretly on stand-by know, that we got this. We had a Uhaul dolly and a hand truck for moving furniture. We were able to get large items on the truck by cantilevering them on the edge and pushing, never having to actually lift. And the biggest saving grace was the apartment building itself.
We slowly packed elevator loads of possessions. It was a quiet Sunday, so no one it seemed was using it. It was there for us all day, and likewise with the garage. Our large truck was too big to get in, so we opened the garage door and backed it as close as we could. We would have jumped to move it if any car approached, but no one did. From there we kept advancing piles and dollying them in. Ultimately it took 2 truck loads and 8 hours! Part of the accomplishment of doing it ourselves was honoring our apartment one last time. 659 made moving ourselves possible. In a few weeks, we make the final move into our new home. On that leg we’ll be needing help.
