Now that we know that takaza is going to be moving up to Chicago, we’re left with the details. As near as we can tell, we’re going to try something like ABF and get everything packed up by Friday, February 11. Linnaeus is going to fly down and keep Dan company on the drive up, which I know will be very much appreciated. They’ll be driving up on February 12-13, getting in on Sunday afternoon. Whether I fly down the weekend before is up for grabs, though the airfare has jumped up a good bit so it’s starting to become an expensive proposition. We’ll have to see…
The current plan for housing is that we’re going to move a few things in with Linnaeus in Chicago and stay there for about six months or so. The balance of our stuff will go into storage (which ain’t cheap, but we’ve found some good climate-controlled places). We’ll be paying rent, of course, but the costs involved will be far cheaper and will help us save up a little bit, even with the additional storage costs. I will admit to having misgivings (it’s going to be tight with all three of us there), but as Dan pointed out we can handle things on a month-to-month basis and if things don’t work out, it’s OK. I’ll probably continue to poke around at places in central Lake County and see how much we’re going to be talking about in rent/utilities eventually.
Oh yeah, I need to make some lists of stuff to deal with in preparation for the move – new bank accounts, address changes, etc. I think I still have my to-do list from the last move (to Durham) around, so I can deal with that.
We’ve got LAFF Coffee tonight, which I’m looking forward to; I’ve been antisocial for the last few days and it will be nice to get out and see folks again. Don’t have much plans for the rest of the week. I hope to make it down to aureth and jenwolf‘s place on Saturday, but that depends on how house-hunting goes (if it goes at all). Jim, I’ll keep y’all apprised. Oh, and I’ll need directions to your place, too.
Finally, I just wanted to say: Plonq and Atara, I’m keeping you both in my thoughts today. You did all you could for Bit, and I’m sure her life was a very happy one. Take care, both of you.
If you have a need for non-climate-controlled storage (yet still dry), I have a shed you can use for darn near close to nothing.
Unfortunately, we’re going to need to be within easy reach of our stuff (because you know we’re going to forget stuff, and oh-I-just-need-this-one-thing suddenly becomes a problem when everything is three hours away). Thanks for the offer, though!
Congrats to you both hun! I know this has been a long tough road and I’m happy to see you both back in the same zip code! 🙂
hugs!
Thanks! I’m really happy about this development. I get to have my husband back! Yay!
Moving’s so much fun. I love it so much I’ll be doing it three times in two years. 🙂
@whee.
One thing’s for sure, a few moves and suddenly you don’t have anywhere near the same amount of useless crap that one might accumulate after a couple of years in the same place.
Yay! While I’ll miss seeing you guys (and very sorry we haven’t been in touch, been swampified…) I’m sure you’ll be much happier up there.
I may e-mail occasionally to whine about the south, mind you…
And we’ll be happy to mail you some snow! And if you’re really nice, maybe some hot dish 🙂 I’m really looking forward to Dan’s return though.
Congrats to both of you! I know this separation has been really hard, and I’m so glad it’s come to a happy end.
We used something similar to ABF for our move out to California (you load it, they move it, you unload it, right?), and had generally good results. The one piece of advice I’ll offer is this: when they get to the destination city, they usually unload the stuff from the back of the truck first (the filler stuff packed in with yours–electronics, books, what-have-you), then deliver the trailer to you. That means there’s a stretch of time where they’re driving the trailer with only your stuff in it–so if your partition isn’t fastened in tightly, it’ll collapse and may allow your stuff to bang around in the trailer. That happened to us, and while it wasn’t a disaster, our futon frame was never the same afterward. 🙂 Use lots of nails, and you might consider roping your stuff in behind the partition as much as possible, too.
Wish you both the best of luck in your new digs!
Thanks! And thanks for the pointers about ABF (yeah, that’s exactly the kind of thing we were talking about). It makes sense that we’ll want to reinforce the partition somehow – I’ll talk to Dan and see what we can figure out. Thanks for the pointers!
Yea! Both of you in one state again! *smile*
And damn, you covered everything else in your post, so all I can add is : Don’t forget to update your IFPL entries 🙂