*Anyone get the Neil Sedaka reference?
After the great purge it was time to pack-up for the move. As part of our relocation package we were able to ship 2 air crates and a 40' sea container. The air crates arrive 2-3 weeks post shipping and the sea crate is quoted at 5-7 weeks! In preparing for the pack-up my strategy was as follows:
After the great purge it was time to pack-up for the move. As part of our relocation package we were able to ship 2 air crates and a 40' sea container. The air crates arrive 2-3 weeks post shipping and the sea crate is quoted at 5-7 weeks! In preparing for the pack-up my strategy was as follows:
- Step 1: Pack all of our "must have" carry-on items into our current luggage, leaving 1 suitcase empty for surprise items and overflow (bets on how many suitcases we buy last minute the night before leaving?!?!?).
- Step 2: Segregate all of the air crate items into 2 priority piles
- Priority A: pillows, bedding, VPN router, Apple TV, kids swimming stuff, essential cooking items, additional kids clothes
- Priority B: MORE TOYS, kids bikes, our clothes, plus any other random stuff there's room for
- Step 3: Identify all of the "long-term" storage items to get packed away for the next 3-5 years
- Step 4: Label EVERYTHING
- Step 5: Call your mom, beg her to come help since Will conveniently has a work trip to Romania and Italy!
Here are a couple of the "before" pictures of our staging
Nothing but boxes!
Nothing but boxes!
The kids freaked out when they saw this
Air Crate
Here's the half full sea crate, I guess that purging really worked!
After all the house packing it was time to focus on my office. My last day in the Minneapolis office was today. I was very sad to say good-bye to my hand-picked office art. This Instagram pretty much sums it up:
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