Up at 6:30 this morning – I would have slept later, but I woke up and thought of everything we have to do today, and then there was no going back to sleep.
We (me, Takaza, and Datahawk) got a lot done yesterday: took over all of the hanging stuff from our closets, as well as the bulky kitchen stuff that wouldn’t box up easily, most of the A/V equipment, and all of our desktop PC’s (we own too many freakin’ monitors!). We also picked up the moving truck yesterday – a 24-foot long behemoth. With the cab, it’s probably about 30 feet long. Hey, did you know that our driveway is just about 30 feet long? Neither did we! It’s parked in there quite snugly right now, and we’ll probably have to pull it into the street a little bit when we extend the ramp and start moving stuff in.
Anyway, after we got the truck and moved a few items over to the new place, we headed over to Sam’s Club and picked up a huge number of hamburgers, buns, and cheese for tonight. We dropped those by me_not_you and wildmouse‘s place and got to meet their Sofa of Doom! We helped them move their old sectional sofa upstairs, and then we all adjourned to Lubrano’s for yummy Italian food and good company. Good times. Afterwards, we headed home (with a short stop by Lowes to pick up doughnuts and stuff to drink for today). I headed to bed moderately early, but Takaza and Datahawk stayed up…late. Maybe 1 AM? Silly people, we’ve got work to do today!
So, looking around here, there’s nothing left now except lots and lots of boxes stuffed into the dining room, the furniture (still arranged as normal, which lends a surreality to the place), and a scattering of the usual unsorted leftovers that can be boxed up in a few quick minutes. I need to drive up to Manhattan Bagels and pick up a dozen or so bagels to feed the masses helping us move. They should start arriving by 11 AM (though if I know some of them we might even see them by 10:30). Meanwhile, I’ve got a couple more Starbucks Doubleshots to get me kickstarted while I quickly peruse the morning paper. Whee!