On June 26th, Dale and I moved out of our itsy bitsy 1st time married student apartment in Provo to a beautiful, professional, slightly less itsy bitsy apartment in Salt Lake! Dale had worked hard for WEEKS before hand to pack all of our belongings and stack them in boxes from floor to ceiling all along the east wall of our apartment. I had been trying not to stress about it, and had therefore seriously under planned. Dale really saved us by working hard on it each day, and still allowing our lives to be liveable.
We packed full time for the last three days we lived there, and the day finally came. We had almost a dozen friends show up in Provo to help us load the cars and clean the apartment (THANK YOU!!!) and in the end it only took us three truck loads and one car load. One cute story: a new couple from upstairs stopped in to ask if we needed help during the first run. I thanked them, but had plenty of help at that point, and they asked me to get them if more help was needed. Dale and his best friend Clancy took the first two truck load's haul to Salt Lake, and it was about an hours and a half before they got back. We had everything in a pyramid of boxes just to be hauled out... but no people left to do it! I went to the new couple's place and asked them to stick to their offer. They were having a World Cup party (Ghana beat the US) and were kindof busy, but since it would only take about 15 minutes, all 9 strapping 22 year old men came down from the party to get us all packed and on our last load to Salt Lake in less than 10 minutes! Pretty cool.
We got to our new place and I saw the ACTUAL apartment for the first time. It had been freshly repainted with carpet that is only VERY lightly worn. Our old apartment was roughly 500 square feet and it's floor plan had all the creativity of a block of wood. This new place is set up in a square rather than a straight line, and has the addition of a dining room, double sized bathroom, double sized bedroom closet, 150% sized bedroom, and central heating and air! We're on the third story with an amazing view of a little grove outside, and ... it really is perfect.
My favorite part is when I am driving in from work and get to pass through the little lane welcoming me into the complex. 30 foot tall Birch trees line the road and little bits of pollen float through the air like fairy dust. I may sound melodramatic, but that's really how it looks!
Moving is not always fun, but unpacking is like the prize for a job well done. I wish I was completely unpacked but we have done a little decorating and have a lot of pictures hung on the walls. Just be glad that you don't have to worry about working around the schedule of a little baby. I still don't know how people move with kids and I have one.
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