Attention SCAD students, parents, young professionals and wannabe Savannah locals everywhere: Have I got a deal for you.
Buy (or rent) our super-cool Savannah loft so we don't have to eat our dog start eating Ramen morning, noon and night.
Schlepping the dozen or so boxes of books, papers and sporting equipment from our storage unit back to the house reminded me how much I hate moving shit around, after doing it at least 7 times over the last 8 years (mostly the wife's crap).
I've therefore decided it'll be worth every penny of the exorbitant fee the movers are going to charge to pack, load, ship, store and and unload our stuff.
I also found out it's unwise to not wear a dust mask while sanding rust off of a bed frame that has been sitting outside for the last two years. Better yet, don't leave an expensive bed frame out side for two years in the first place like some sort of web-footed moron.
Now the fun part. Within less than 30 days we have to:
I've made at least 8 moves in the last 9 years, but they've all been local. Any advice on a long cross-country move?
I'm considering
1) Having professional movers pick up our stuff, and move it. Maybe pack it too.
2) Renting a Penske truck and car trailer and hauling it ourselves.
3) Getting a Pod.
I have no idea what #1 costs - an estimator can't even get out here until next Thursday - and we have to be out of the house by the Thursday after that.
#2 would suck, but is the cheapest for the size (a 26' diesel truck and car trailer).
#3 is a bit of an unknown. Vicki says they were pretty good when she moved from Bluffton to D.C., but they only come in 16 foot varieties for long distance moves. I think we have a bit too much to fit in a 16 footer, but not enough to justify two of them (and the enormous cost). Just a single container costs as much as the whole truck/trailer/fuel shootin' match from Penske. And I'm worried about what might happen to Betsy's piano en-route.
With any of the options, we might have to ship my car as well, so the wife wouldn't have to drive the whole route by herself.
Opinions?
Ground control to Major Pork
That's right. The two whitest people on the planet are moving to one of the hottest, sunniest regions of the country. What could possibly go wrong? I've got my SPF-80 ready, along with my UV protection suit.
After my nine year stint with McClatchy, I'm moving from the newspaper industry to work for NASA's Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State in Tempe. I'll be their web geek.
While I'll miss coworkers, I'm looking forward to the new challenge and a change of scenery. Oh yeah, and I get to work with data beamed from spacecraft orbiting and crawling across another planet. How cool is that? Makes Lowcountry Star seem kinda lame.
