Let's Blow This Popsicle Stand...
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badstarSo...it's official (okay, it was official before but now it's officially official, okay?) Gavn and I are moving to Oregon.
We don't have an exact date yet, but it should be early next month. We're hoping to have an approval tomorrow on an apartment. But we've got a pretty good idea of how we're going to work things.
We were going to rent a car and trailer and get someone to drive out and buy her a plane ticket back...but that sorta fell through when we realized that you're not allowed to hook up trailers to rental vehicles. So um...yeah.
So plan B involves a moving company (costing a whole lot less than we expected it to- we're going to be able to get most of our stuff out there for about $1200, and that's with a BBB accredited moving company with an A- rating.)
We're going to have to ship out our bed separately because we NEED a bed, and it will take at least ten days for our stuff to get out there- possibly as much as three weeks, but they tell me that that's a very rare instance, usually only happening in a case of a truck breaking down and needing to transfer things to other trucks) Sending our mattress and box spring will also cost less than we expected- the estimate was $150 with UPS- and I think it's going to be a bit less than that, as I overestimated the size, and I'm also pretty sure I overestimated the weight of the mattress and box spring. But that has a five-day guaranteed delivery, if we ship it out a day or two before we leave, and sleep on the futon mattress for the last night or two, we should have it when we get out there.
The cats we're going to have to fly out. Also costing a lot less than we expected, at $421 for all three cats. The cost for carriers will be separate. And we'll have to take them to the vet, but nothing we can't handle. We're going to ship them ahead of us, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bluedolfyn and gallowsqueen have offered to house them on the other end until we get out there a couple of days later.
Gavin and I are going to go out by train. Three days on a train, should be interesting. We're also going to end up taking some stuff with us on the train- this will reduce the amount of stuff that we need to send with the movers, thus reducing the cost of using the moving company. We can each check three pieces of luggage for free (and you can check boxes as luggage) and up to three additional for $10 each- so there's up to six pieces each, and we'll probably use some of the big Rubbermaid storage containers that we have for that- they're under the maximum size, and we just have to make sure they weigh less than fifty pounds- that shouldn't be a problem.
This move has been far too long in coming, but it's almost here. It's a little overwhelming, and the last couple of days have been far too stressful, but at least it's happening.
We don't have an exact date yet, but it should be early next month. We're hoping to have an approval tomorrow on an apartment. But we've got a pretty good idea of how we're going to work things.
We were going to rent a car and trailer and get someone to drive out and buy her a plane ticket back...but that sorta fell through when we realized that you're not allowed to hook up trailers to rental vehicles. So um...yeah.
So plan B involves a moving company (costing a whole lot less than we expected it to- we're going to be able to get most of our stuff out there for about $1200, and that's with a BBB accredited moving company with an A- rating.)
We're going to have to ship out our bed separately because we NEED a bed, and it will take at least ten days for our stuff to get out there- possibly as much as three weeks, but they tell me that that's a very rare instance, usually only happening in a case of a truck breaking down and needing to transfer things to other trucks) Sending our mattress and box spring will also cost less than we expected- the estimate was $150 with UPS- and I think it's going to be a bit less than that, as I overestimated the size, and I'm also pretty sure I overestimated the weight of the mattress and box spring. But that has a five-day guaranteed delivery, if we ship it out a day or two before we leave, and sleep on the futon mattress for the last night or two, we should have it when we get out there.
The cats we're going to have to fly out. Also costing a lot less than we expected, at $421 for all three cats. The cost for carriers will be separate. And we'll have to take them to the vet, but nothing we can't handle. We're going to ship them ahead of us, and
bluedolfyn and gallowsqueen have offered to house them on the other end until we get out there a couple of days later.Gavin and I are going to go out by train. Three days on a train, should be interesting. We're also going to end up taking some stuff with us on the train- this will reduce the amount of stuff that we need to send with the movers, thus reducing the cost of using the moving company. We can each check three pieces of luggage for free (and you can check boxes as luggage) and up to three additional for $10 each- so there's up to six pieces each, and we'll probably use some of the big Rubbermaid storage containers that we have for that- they're under the maximum size, and we just have to make sure they weigh less than fifty pounds- that shouldn't be a problem.
This move has been far too long in coming, but it's almost here. It's a little overwhelming, and the last couple of days have been far too stressful, but at least it's happening.
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Date: 2010-04-27 04:45 pm (UTC)Hermes travel with you.
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Date: 2010-04-28 12:24 am (UTC)I hope it will be less stressful from here and out.
Congratulations!
All the best wishes in the move. :)
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Date: 2010-04-28 01:10 am (UTC)Uh, and to meet you guys, too. Yeah. Yeah. Not just to meet the cats. No, really. *innocent look*
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Date: 2010-04-29 06:57 pm (UTC)khairete
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