It was amazing to see our lives get packed into boxes.
It’s equally amazing to see our lives get UNpacked out of boxes!
Among the amazing nature of it is seeing how much junk is IN those boxes! WHY did I, when cleaning the bathroom, decide I was going to keep the sample sized half-empty bottle of bubble bath? Did we REALLY have that much loose change….loose? Honestly, it seems like there’s either a quarter or a dime in each box at the bottom of the box. Did we have that much loose change lying around among those items, or did the packers find that loose change in one spot and have fun just throwing one coin in each box? I’d like to think they had a sense of humor and did the latter, because the former theory is just sad.
Also amazing is where things ended up. So, if I were packing my own house, I might be inefficient in the number of boxes used, but I’d probably put everything of a certain type in one box. In other words, all of the piano books would be in a few boxes, not mixed in with random other odds and ends. The TV remote would probably be either attached to the TV somehow, or MAYBE in the same box with the DVDs and TV antenna. That’s not to say that everything is randomly thrown together, but it’s been both amusing and frustrating to find all of the pieces to things in various boxes.
And, if you looked at how our house is being unpacked, you would know something about our priorities. For example, guess what was unpacked FIRST and FOREMOST? Games. Guess what room is actually nearly complete? The GAME ROOM! And, as Rich worked on that room, what room did Z work on? The master bedroom! Next came the bathrooms. We still have no food in the fridge (unless you count hummus, carrots, lettuce, and milk – technically it’s food, but YOU make 3 filling meals out of that!), and we have LOTS of random glass bottles (again, WHY did we keep the jar that held the pickled asparagus and move it across the state?!) with a few actual Mason jars in there. We have our eating utensils, cooling racks, and a couple plastic cups…but we will haven’t found our plates, bowls, etc. So, the kitchen is KIND of done, but not really. But hey, we have a place to sleep, a place to play games, and our bathroom needs. Technically, I guess the living room is done – couch, loveseat, and coffee table. I’m still trying to find where all the piano books went, though. Oh, and as of yesterday, the entryway closet is done – all the shoes are nicely arranged. Apparently, we could care less about eating…
We still have a bunch of stuff at the apartment that we need to bring over – I’m hoping we get that all done tonight. It’d be nice to be able to do laundry in our house. We have the dirty clothes; the apartment has the detergent.
In other news – we learned NOT to drive to IKEA on Saturday. Bad idea. It didn’t rain this time, though; both times we’d gone before, it was dark and pouring rain after being dry all day. We were wondering if we’d ever make it to IKEA without it being dark and pouring rain! And we met some people that play games! We hung out with them Saturday and Sunday evening; it was nice to play a few games with people. And we actually are finding our way around Seattle without the GPS on occasion! Now THAT’S exciting stuff!