Final Preparations

October 28 – November 3

The week ending Saturday November 3^rd was a crazy hectic week for both Laura and I. After having made the decision to go to Indonesia over a month prior it was finally settling in that we really were going and that there were many things still to be wrapped up, mostly we had not gotten a property management company to handle our house, nor were we packed for the shippers or storage yet. I kept telling myself that no matter what, we were going to be leaving on the 4rth, and somehow that was comforting. We tied up a property management company by Thursday, sold the Subaru (“Da White Boat De Love”) to a friend (here’s a shout out to Natron-7) and sold the Toyota (Eddie the POS) to a mechanic (good luck buddy!). We had tried to make piles of our stuff for shipping or storage but when the shippers came on Friday and Laura was out running errands, I screwed up and told the shippers to ship ALL our coffee mugs, of which Laura wanted only 2, and all our cooking hardware, that part I’m still confused about.

All the while the movers were there we were loading the truck for storage. When we first saw the storage rooms we thought 5 by 15 was a very large room but once you start putting tables and bureaus and wardrobes and beds in there you start to realize how much stuff you actually own. By the end we filled the room up 10 feet tall and still we had to get rid of some things like a recliner and some tables. Ill see if I can rustle up a photo of that madness… I owe thanks to Kate for coming over to help one evening and to Mark and Shelley for helping all Friday and Saturday. We couldn’t have done it without you! Once the upstairs moving was done I went through the house and vacuumed the floors and then the corners and walls for cobwebs. Finally we took some digital photos to record the condition of the house and we left our keeps and garage door openers on the counter and we were off to stay at the Hanson’s for our last night.