Showing posts with label packing/moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label packing/moving. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Unloading Uhaul

We were there when the storage facility opened at 8 AM.
One person from the Christian school showed up to help.
My parents also showed up with the donuts.
Randy and my dad worked inside doing the storing of boxes.
JD and Jonathon worked outside unloading the boxes onto carts.

After awhile mom and I went to the apartment - just one mile away.
Mom wanted to sit down with me anyway and go over wedding prep.
There will be two sandwich platters with three sandwich types.
One platter: 1 tunafish, 1 egg salad and 1 chicken salad
Second platter: 1 tunafish, 1 ham salad and 1 seafood

Friday, November 16, 2007

En route

Midnight - Randy called from the road.
They had just turned onto 76 which leads to 80.
He'll shut off cell to save the battery.
I said that was fine so I can get some sleep.
They should be wicked tired so I hope they rest too.

4:45 AM - Randy checked in from Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania.
Have seen some snow along the way but just snow squalls.
That's 328 miles from Columbus and 539 miles to Portland.
That means Randy is 37% here to me. Woo Hoo.
They plan to pull over for four to five hours of sleep.

7 AM - I am keeping my eye on the weather.com website.
Looks like it will mostly be clear sailing from here on out.
No snow in the forecast for this morning only clouds and rain.
There is some possibility of snow in the afternoon for Portland.

10:30 AM - I called to see if the guys were awake.
They were already on the road and had been for about an hour.
Randy said he just saw sign for Jersey Shore exit.
Hard to hear him on cell thru the hills.
He will check in at next rest area.
In the meantime I am trying to line up unloaders.

11:30 AM - Randy called just south of Wilkes Barre (PA).
30 miles yet to go on 81 before connecting to 84.
Randy and JD, driving buddy, stopped for lunch.

Noon - Request for folks to help unload went out.
My dad volunteers at a Christian school (and camp).
They were going to ask staff and older students to help.
It is scheduled for Saturday 8 AM when storage facility opens.

3:30 PM - I called Randy to see where he was.
They had just crossed the Connecticut line.
They are 60 miles out of Hartford.
Hoping they realize they are coming up on rush hour.
Cell phone still breaks up so can't talk long.
He'll check in next time they stop.

** prayer request **
Randy continues to battle a cold.
He took meds and does not sound like himself.
Says one of his eyes is watering up badly.
Thankfully JD has been able to do all the driving.

7:30 PM - Randy called
They had just crossed over into New Hampshire.
Randy should be here within TWO HOURS!!!!!
They are going to leave the UHaul at storage facility.
The place has surveillance cameras so should be safe.
I'll have to go pick them up - just around the corner.
Since it is so late they'll camp out in my living room.
I suspect they will sleep really easily tonight.
Me too - I have not slept much in the last few days.

8:30 PM - I called to see where Randy was.
They stopped at Kennebunk rest area for fuel.
Just over an hour away before I see my honey.

10:00 PM - Randy is at the apartment.
We have Wendy's food to eat for supper.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Moving Day

1 AM - Randy called to say he is getting ready to call it a night.
Still a few hours of work in the morning.
Asked for a 7 AM walk up call.

7 AM - The landline phone already disconnected.
Randy was a wake and moving. YEAH
He will check in with me later.

9:30 AM - I just called to see how things were going.
Seems they still have quite a bit to do.
Expecting to leave after lunch rush hour.

12:30 PM (not posted until 1:50 - sorry)
I called again to see where things stood.
Randy had a storage space at apartment.
It includes gobs of paperwork from last 20 years.
Attempted to sort thru it all before loading.
One good thing is he found the mini van's title.
So hoping to get it transferred before leaving.
He thinks it will be a couple more hours of packing/loading.
I was able to tell him there is snow expected ...
if they decide to still go the upper New York path.

2:10 PM - Got wedding gift delivered at apartment.
So called Randy to let him know I wanted to open it.
They are still in packing/loading mode.

Afternoon into evening - Packing rest of apartment.
The original packing focused on movies, CDs and books.
With that stuff out it made room for the mundane packing.
He certainly had more of that than he had thought!!!

7:30 PM - The mini van's title has been transferred.

8 PM - The Uhaul has finally been totally loaded.
Waiting for Mandy to pick up apartment keys.
That is the lady that is taking over Randy's lease.
They should be hitting the road shortly thereafter.
He will check in at their first stop on the road.
There is the possibility of snow on either route...
so they will be taking it nice and slow for safety.
May be switching to the across Pennsylvania route.

8:30 PM - Mandy is at the apartment. Woo Hoo!!!
The guys will head out VERY SHORTLY.
And they will take 80 across Pennsylvania.
JD slept some when Randy was packing ...
So he has the first shift of driving tonight.
Randy says he'll be some sore when this is done.

10:30 PM - After a few stops headed out of town.
Got supper at Wendy's and more water at Walmart.

Ohio to Maine


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Google map from Columbus, Ohio to Portland, Maine.
I am not really in Portland but close enough for online use.

Driving Buddy

Randy will not be driving alone.
JD will be assisting in the loading and driving.
JD helped me pack up my house a year ago before I sold.

JD is a college buddy of mine who lives in Columbus.
Randy and I first started courting in January.
I sent JD to check Randy out at his church, Xenos.

I attended DeVry Institute of Technology in Columbus.
I also connected Randy with my "Columbus mom and dad".
They all went out for dinner together and liked each other.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Loading Day

Getting the UHaul was delayed a couple of times.
First the plan was for 11 AM then 12:30 PM then 3 PM.
It's 11:30 PM and they are still loading but energy is winding down.
The apartment is on the third floor with no elevator so a lot of work.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Final Packing Push

Randy finalizing a number of things via phone and running around.
There was an issue with transferring the minivan title.
In the evening a friend helped him with the final packing push.

New packed box totals:
VHS: 72
DVD: 29
CDs: 4
Books: 18 (all new)

On a side note I received our wedding cake topper today.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Major Packing Day

Randy now is focusing on packing.
Although fighting a stuffy head.

New packing totals:
VHS - 70 boxes (2 or 3 more to go)
DVD - 28 boxes (1 more to go)
CDs - 4 boxes (couple more to go)
Books - yet to pack - probably 10-15

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Farewell Party

Randy's work gave him a Farewell Party at lunch.
He received a blanket and large card, 19 X 13.
About 56 folks signed the card with well wishes.

Also a bunch of people spoke tributes to Randy.
He was very touched by the whole event.
He didn't cry but he almost did. Very sentimental.

In the evening people stopped by his apartment.
He sold his microwave, tv, and DVD/VCR.
A couple of folks are interested in the minivan.

Total VHS boxes now packed is 40.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Packing the Cats


My turn to pack now to make room for Randy.
I packed up my cat figurines from curio cabinet.
I am thinking of moving cabinet to bedroom.
Will put the boom box on the top shelf.
Protected behind glass doors will be CDs.

Also packing up most of my books for the time being.
I have seven boxes ranging from poetry to Bible reference.
Will be keeping some books out like couples devotional.
Certainly keeping out the cookbooks - got a hubby to cook for.
Bookcases will house movies we wanted to see right away.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Packing Boxes

Randy finished packing with the boxes he had on hand.
Purchase 90 more boxes from Sam's Club to continue.

Total packed boxes:
28 VHS boxes
8 DVD boxes
4 CD boxes

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Packing Update

Packed thus far ...
25 VHS boxes and 3 DVD boxes

Randy hopes to be posting himself ...
once he is here in Maine with his own PC.

Right now his only access is at work ...
but he does not have the time to do so.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Randy Packing Begun

Randy was not feeling good the last couple of days.
After work started to pack up his VHS collection.
Explanation: he has a HUGE collection of movies
5000 VHS he is planning to move with
2000 DVDs he is planning to move with
Packed up 11 boxes of VHS