Have you ever moved a long distance? As you know from reading my blog, I’ve moved from Massachusetts to Florida and back again. My first move was an easy one, as I was fresh out of college with virtually no belongings. Everything I owned fit into the trunk of my Honda Accord. I loved that car.
When The Texan and I decided to make the move to Massachusetts, we had more belongings than would fit into our vehicles. That meant we needed to hire a truck. We opted to pack all of our things ourselves, and load them into the back of the rented moving truck. That was silly. The Texan drove the rental truck, with it’s stiff seats, lame radio and overall noisy ride. All while I cruised behind in our comfy car listening to the satellite radio and CDs! By the time we arrived in Massachusetts, neither one of us wanted to unpack all of that stuff. It was hard work, and we consider it a lesson learned!
Following that move, we made a shorter distance move from Boston to Cape Cod. For that go around, we hired a crew to load our rented moving truck and another crew to unload it at our new home. While it was nice not to have to load and unload, The Texan was once again behind the wheel of another uncomfortable truck with a lame radio and stiff seats. If the opportunity presents itself for us to make another big move, we will be hiring long distance movers do the work for us!
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When my husband and I got married and bought a house, we moved 2.5 miles down the road. That was hard! I can’t imagine moving halfway across the country.
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We may be making a long distance move in the sort of near future, and I already told my man that we are HIRING people to do the moving for us! I don’t care what it costs, it’s WORTH IT! Moving is already hard, but to add the ridiculous duty of packing and unpacking with kids running around…NO WAY! Anyway, your poor man!!
Where are you moving?? Would be great to have you in my neck of the woods!
Having movers makes such a big difference–moving day is SO much less stressful! I don’t care what we have to sacrifice, we will always hire movers. We moved ourselves several times & it was terrible. I hurt for days!