Well, we moved apartments this weekend! We are now the proud renters of a first floor apartment in the same complex. It wasn't the worst thing ever. In fact, it was a pretty easy move. Mainly due to the fact that...(drum roll please)...we got movers! It was absolutely worth it. We were planning on moving ourselves until the boxes began to accumulate, and accumulate, and accumulate. Granted, it is only a one bedroom apartment, but still, it seemed like an overwhelming task. Plus, we were on the third floor. I now LOVE getting movers. They did a great job, and got the whole thing done in under 2 hours. We still had plenty do as far as unpacking, organizing, and cleaning the old place, but things went so much faster with movers. We are pretty much all organized in our new place, and we have cleaned out the old. All in one weekend! I am so happy about that.
So to look on the bright side of moving apartments, here is a list of the good things that have come out of this move.
1) We are now on the first floor- no more carrying groceries up stairs!
2) We have wood floors. I love them! Some apartments in this complex have them, some don't. We didn't realize until we moved in that this one did. It makes the fact that we have cardboard boxes everywhere just a tad more classy. Yep, the boxes are staying like that. Since we are still hoping to find a house soon, we are not unpacking all of our boxes.
3) We are closer to the parking garage. I know this sounds lazy, but it is nice :)
4) Since our new place is the same layout as our old, when unpacking, I didn't have to decide - hmm...where should the bowls go? I just knew. To the right of the microwave, of course.
5) We got rid of some old stuff; such as tylenol that expired in March of 2007, and some old flip flops.
6) We are partially pre-packed for our next move. We are saving all our boxes and packing material so we will be ready to go at any time.
7) Greg and I are getting to practice patience, and contentment. We are fine where we are, and will wait on God's timing for when/if he provides us with a house.
8) We get a chance to be in our third "love nestle" together. That is Greg's phrase. No, not "love nest", "love nestle".
4 comments:
that's hilarious!
Reason #9: you've already got your address 3/4 memorized!
I love it! And I know what you mean! One bedroom apartments are a LOT of work to move but rarely get the respect they deserve:)
It's so funny...every time Dell and I have a lot of groceries to carry in, or it's raining outside, we look at each other and say, "at least we're not in that apartment anymore." We lived on the 3rd floor as well. And we DID move ourselves...wouldn't recommend it. It's pretty hard to get a couch down a staircase that turns halfway down. Anyway, enjoy the new place... :-)
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