ON THE DAY OF THE BIG MOVE
• Pack away your beddings and disassemble all the beds in your home. • Have a last-minute meeting with your movers, if hiring any, and make sure they know how you want things to be done. Inform them of the box labels, where each box must go, and how they should be loaded. Make sure all your items are loaded and nothing gets left behind. • Distribute your post-it notes with contact numbers and the new address to every driver in the moving group. • Double check every room in the house before leaving, making sure that nothing is left. • Turn off all light switches, lock all windows and doors. • Make sure you arrive at your new home before the movers/entourage. • Inspect your new home, making sure all utilities are in working condition. • Clean up your new home while it is still empty of your stuff. Open windows and cabinet doors to let fresh air in. • Direct your movers through the unloading of your boxes, showing them where each box and piece of furniture must go. • Finally, unpack what you need for the rest of the day and set up your beds and beddings while you have help. • If your move went like most, it is probably after 11PM by the time you’ve gotten everything wrapped up for the first night in your new place. Pizza boxes are stacked on tables that are still wherever you first set them down. Soda and water bottles stand guard in the eerie quiet of unfamiliar surrounds that somehow feel like, well, home. You’ve got
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