Well, the big move is finished. They advertise themselves as "Two Men and a Truck" but four men showed up at the apartment at 8:30am, as scheduled, and got right to work. Unfortunately, the large maintenance elevator which I had requested days in advance wasn't in place when they started packing, but they didn't let that stop them. It was after 9am, when the office opened, that we finally got the big elevator, but the movers did not waste the time. They made several trips down in the regular elevators with small items and had lots of larger items waiting in the hall for the maintenance elevator. I watched in awe as they carefully wrapped large furniture items in large blankets, then miles of what looked like heavy duty Saran Wrap. Everything was done and all items in the truck by 9:30am. Due to my husband's morning chiropractor appointment which took longer than usual, the men weren't able to start unloading the truck until 10:40am, but, even with our special requests (moving the heavy old kitchen table to the basement for example), they were finished and out of here by 11:30am. I have never seen four men work faster, but still very carefully. And I marvel at how they just picked up and carried pieces that looked immovable to me. My desk and filing cabinet are now safely housed in my office up stairs. After they left, my husband and I took a few deep breaths, and realized that all we need to do now is unpack all the boxes and find places for all of my stuff to co-mingle with all of his stuff. We actually took a large bag of place mats, Christmas towels and other goodies (some mine. some his) to Good Will this afternoon, making room on a cabinet shelf for my silverware chest. That sort of thing will continue for some time I suspect. But the bottom line is the big move is done.
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