The Plan

Finally, it's Friday.

Our weekend move plan goes something like this, but I"m sure something will come up as always and turn it upside down.

Tonight we are going to relax a bit. It will be the calm before the storm. Hell, we may even watch a movie, but it won't be anything too energy draining.

Saturday morning we plan to get up and finish the packing of the apartment. This will be interesting. It doesn't look as if it will take us too long. However, as I have experienced the whole move-a-rama more than a few times, I realize there is ALWAYS more to pack than what you imagine. Nevertheless, I have tons of boxes from the warehouse I've brought home - we should be in good shape. Saturday will also be when we get the paint. We have a friend who will be helping us out with this - which is awesome! Beers will be on us for the help! We plan to wrap up Saturday with actually taking possession of the house, which is scheduled for 8 pm. Weird time, I know.

Saturday night we have decided to make fun. We're planning on taking over the paint, as many boxes as we can fit into our cars, and one (or two) bottles of wine. It's going to be a paint party for me and A! Hopefully the wine won't make us think we are artists who can paint outside the lines whenever we damn well please. Actually it probably won't be paint anyway, more like primer.

Sunday we will hopefully finish the painting - and in the afternoon we hope to continue shuttling boxes over from the apartment. Pretty simple day. I'm sure something will come up. At some point, either Sunday or Monday morning or Tuesday I hope to rent a pressure washer, spray out the garage, and seal it with some type of concrete sealant. We have brand new tile in the kitchen and a sealant on the garage - from where we will most often enter the house - will keep the grout in the kitchen a hell of a lot cleaner for a hell of a lot longer. I'm starting to feel like Willy Wonka with so much to do.

Monday morning will hopefully be a continuation of Sunday - boxes, boxes, boxes. We have to pay the movers by the hour, so the fewer things we can move over that they don't have to will save money. All I really need them for is the big stuff like the washer and dryer, couch, beds, etc... Monday afternoon the movers are scheduled to come at 'around' 1 pm, as the moving company slyly stated. Their estimate was four hours maximum. I hope to put a wrinkle in their little maximum by having most of the boxes gone by then. They do, however, have a two hour minimum.

I guess Monday night will be finishing moving stuff and putting things where we want them, as well as is the case with Tuesday. I'm sure there will be tons of odds and ends that will pop up which we will want to take care of.

So, the humor will come into play with this little plan of ours when I post what actually happened. Take notes if you ever plan on moving. I won't be surprised if nothing goes according to plan.

Here goes nothing.