Moving day

June 4th was moving day. It started with U-haul calling me the day before saying they weren't going to have my truck ready. But they gave me their 50 dollar truck reservation guarantee, so instead of having a truck at 8am, we got it at 10:30 along with 50 bucks. Not too bad a deal. It gave us a chance to get some breakfast at IHOP.

Both my dad and my friend Chris came over Friday night and watched The Fighter. We then got a good night's sleep in preparation for the next day. I don't think we knew how much we'd need it.

We were under a bit of a time constraint since Comcast was supposed to come over between 2 and 5pm . We got all the big stuff and boxes and bikes and important things in the truck. With more time and patience we could've fit more, but we headed over to the new place without much trouble just before 2pm. As we pulled up to the apt, the Comcast guy was getting ready to leave, but I flagged him down and luckily got internet set up first thing.

The unloading went pretty quickly up until we tried to move the couch. I had parked the truck in the rear parking lot because the stairs up to the back door were wider and less turning involved to get inside. I didn't really think getting inside would be an issue. Little did I know the door frames in older places are smaller than I had realized. We physically couldn't fit the couch through the doorway.

We had to carry the couch back down the stairs, put in back in the truck, drive the truck around the block to the front of the building, take the couch out and carry it up the sidewalk. Then we had to get it up a narrow flight of stairs (but it was wider than the door frame so it fit) and through my front door which was like solving a logic puzzle. After finally getting into the apartment, we realized it still wasn't going to fit into the room I wanted it in, because that doorway is just as narrow as the back door. Such a shame.

It was left in the common room, which is how most people set up their apartments when they have a roommate who occupies the second bedroom. Since I don't have a roommate, I wanted my "living room" to be in the larger bedroom. The plan at the moment is to give the couch to my parents and get a new couch. Possibly a futon so guests can have a proper place to sleep, as well as being able to take it apart which would help getting it into the proper room, and moving next time. For the time being though, the TV and couch are in the wrong room, and there's a bunch of random furniture in the big room.


On a better note, I rode my bike to work on Monday which was awesome. It took about 20 minutes and I think I can get there faster once I don't have to stop and make sure I'm going the right way and am a little more comfortable riding on the road. Madison seems to be getting used to the new place. I'm sure he's missing the woods to go to the bathroom in, but he'll get over it.