Let the Organizing Begin...

Yay we have all our stuff! Yesterday 2 mover guys came. Fortunately it all went smoothly. They managed to unload, unpack, and assemble everything in 6 hours. Lucky for them we didn't have much furniture or things to assemble. The most challenging piece was my drawing table that was unnecessarily disassembled into a billion parts. Overall it was a simple job for them.

As they unloaded each crate onto the street, I stood by with lists of the inventory and had to check off every single box that came through. The packers had labeled all boxes and parts with a designated number. Once all items are checked off, they moved it all inside to wherever I told them to put it. That was a challenge though because some box descriptions were vague or didnt include the room it came from (for instance.. "Small boxes" hmmm.) I'll monitor their labeling system next time!

Once all 6,700+lbs of stuff were unloaded off the truck, we got out of the 100+ degree weather and to the wonderful A/C for the unpacking. It was like Christmas watching them unwrapping all the paper...opening boxes...and wondering what's inside?! As they unloaded each box, I put things away as best as possible... somewhere... anywhere... basically the nearest empty spot! It helped that we had pre-packed a lot of the stuff, though we did come across boxes of random loose items which were a bit of a pain. I couldn't be both upstairs and downstairs, and one dude was unloading all the kitchen stuff. Our kitchen is so much smaller, they just had to place things anywhere there's room. So we have a nice variety of kitchen items all over the place...laundry room, living room, bathroom. And without a garage now and only a small storage closet outside, that stuff overflowed into our living room as well.

After dropping Dan off to school this morning, it was the first time I went back to sleep for so long (2pm!). Woah there went my day. I guess I was more tired from yesterday than I thought. Though it's been nice to throw things anywhere and it not be out of place, I vow to be more productive beginning tomorrow. hehe. Plus I'm anxious to use my kitchen and start cooking again! So now my fun begins...to remove all the tape labels, inspect the condition of everything, and find the right place for it all!