Mon 7 May 2007
For once I have a valid reason not to post anything to my blog for months on end. Over the last several weeks, we have made our transition from the Chicago area to Charlotte, NC. Thanks to my Uline employee discount, I was able to stock up on boxes, moving blankets and stretch wrap at cost (one of the first times it made the employee discount worth while). We used ABF’s U-Pack moving trailer which worked out great. The night before the move, they dropped the 28′ trailer in our driveway, leaving only a few feet to spare. They recommended that I notify the police that I was obstructing the driveway for a day and that the police “will have no problem with it.” Upon calling the Buffalo Grove police department, they told me that I would most certainly receive a citation for blocking the sidewalk and that I need to move the trailer (oops, too late). Fortunately, the BGPD never followed up on that promise.
We hired 2 movers to load the truck and they packed 19 of the 28 linear feet of trailer in just over an hour. Since ABF charges by the foot, it was well worth their expert packing to use every cubic foot of the trailer. Three days later, the trailer arrived at our storage unit where we are temporarily storing our possessions until we move into our new house. Overall, it was a fairly painless process and we paid less than half the cost of a U-Haul one-way trailer.
As we get settled in, I will try to post my observations on life in the South, which will undoubtedly include references to NASCAR and sweet tea.