Mayflower Power!

Our first experience with professional movers!

One of the perks of being in the military is having the pleasure of relocating to far off distant lands. And this would only be made possible by the professional movers hired by the Government. In our case we decided to do a Partial Do It Yourself move. This meant that the Government would pack up most of our gear and household goods and ship it to our destination, then we would only be responsible for moving our car and the goods we didn't want them to pack.

We spent the few days before sorting and throwing out tons of junk and we ended up organizing and packing the important stuff the night before until 0300 (3:00AM) and had only finished a little over 1/2 the house. The items we didn't pack were small knick knacks, the kitchen and our garage. Its amazing the amount you accumulate over time. Things that you can't seem to throw away hoping to use it later!

Boy were we surprised by the ferocity and efficiency of the packers that came to the house. Jeremy and his older brother Bryan two gentlemen from Mayflower were our professional packers. They were two very burly viking looking fellows. They arrived at our house on Wednesday morning at 0815 (8:15AM) and were done by 1300 (1:00PM). It was amazing.

At the same time the packers were boxing up the whole house this monster truck strategically backed up to our house. It had some mean lookin spike rims! The driver + 4 movers took care of the large items and furniture and loaded everything. We just walked around, monitored all the commotion , making sure they don't pack what we're taking ourselves or leaving behind...otherwise they are so fast, you come back and they finished packing up stuff you didnt want packed! (we only had to dig through a box once to retrieve some stuff hehe.)

Normally they are supposed to take one whole day to pack a house our size and another full day to load. But in our case they only took 5 hours total to complete both tasks! Pictures really can't capture the sheer speed and volume of stuff they packed in such a short amount of time.


Bye bye belongings...after a few more stops, the movers are expected to arrive to VA with our stuff approx first week of June. We sure are happy packing out went so well and we hope get everything back in one piece! The great thing is that when the movers unload at our destination, they also have to unpack the boxes and re-assemble everything back the way it was! Veerry nice! So lets hope that goes just as smooth as the move out!

We end with our good pal Emo..that's how we felt after the move out was finally over! (BTW, we can't take him with us due to breed (pit bull) restrictions in most VA housing, so we'll definitely miss him lots!)