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Lots of times I have used UPS. Just get your boxes ready, then take them to UPS the day before you move. You'll beat the boxes to your new address. Easypeasy and not all that expensive.
If you have time, trade your car in for a used minivan, then take the back seats out of the van. There's plenty of room back there for boxes and even furniture.
Thanks so much. All that was really helpful. Yes, I've been overdoing it with the caffeine...can you tell? I'll cut that out.
Yes, 610, the kitty is family...I should keep in perspective that all I truly need is to get her (and myself) safely there (though my laptop would be nice, but I wouldn't be heartbroken over it). The complications of moving a cat also stress me out, since I've never done it before. I'm planning to spend at least one night in a motel, and have to figure out litter box, food, etc.
Measuring space will also help, I think...the unknown of "maybe this will fit, who knows" and running out of space at the last minute are maybe the biggest issues. And shifting my viewpoint from carrying everything I own and could possibly use to what I really need will also be important!
Thanks again...I will probably mail some boxes...there's a FedEx across the street from me, but that may be much more expensive. I can do the post office too, have to check. Whew, OK, I'll take a few breaths (and pet the cat)...appreciate it!
1. Sell all you can sell.
2. Things you don't need immediately, ship via Parcel Post.
3. Only drive with the amount of clothes, toiletries and personal items you need for the 7-14 days it will take your other boxes to arrive.
Papers especially are a problem...I do a lot of creative writing, and I have critiques from a writing group I don't want to discard before I go over them.
And when will you have time to go over them? Do you have time today? Tomorrow?
Give them up---there will never be time to do it. Next time you get critique, go over it right away then discard.
How many times will you move that same piece of paper? How many times will you organize those same papers? Close your eyes and dump them. (You could also take a photo of the paper to "read" later--store it on your laptop.)
I think I understand where the OP is coming from. I had 40 years' worth of my writing and art, as well as 20 years of so of genealogy findings, in addition to letters, post cards, blah, blah, blah. . . 4 file cabinets full.
It's just not stuff that is going to go away overnight without some tears, but with a plan and a scanner, the really important stuff can be salvaged.
Thanks again...I will probably mail some boxes...there's a FedEx across the street from me, but that may be much more expensive. I can do the post office too, have to check. Whew, OK, I'll take a few breaths (and pet the cat)...appreciate it!
Do not use FedEx ground for anything, they lost and damaged everything I shipped with them and charged WAY more than USPS - use USPS, they are cheaper and more reliable.
Actually I think they stopped their ground shipping and air would be a fortune and get there too quickly!
And when will you have time to go over them? Do you have time today? Tomorrow?
Give them up---there will never be time to do it. Next time you get critique, go over it right away then discard.
How many times will you move that same piece of paper? How many times will you organize those same papers? Close your eyes and dump them. (You could also take a photo of the paper to "read" later--store it on your laptop.)
Yes, I'm learning this...also how very much paper I have (bags and bags to recycling), so that I haven't been able to find what I do need. There's one long manuscript I had them review (my big project), and I was actually going through those critiques...but I couldn't find some of them amidst all the rest of the papers on my desk. All those will fit in one copy box.
I spent today getting my big desk almost totally clear...a huge job, though there are still many papers elsewhere. And I maybe cheated by putting some in a plastic expandable file...I guess most of those I could shred (some tax stuff, medical records, etc.).
One issue is that some of my writing is memoir, so I go back to old records and writing and work from there...I know, what a mess! But I realized how little I need...just pages cut from notebooks and not the entire notebook, maybe?
But I've been taking piles of critiques I thought I'd keep and trashing them (well, recycling). It is kind of liberating! And I'm finding what I needed in the mess.
Do not use FedEx ground for anything, they lost and damaged everything I shipped with them and charged WAY more than USPS - use USPS, they are cheaper and more reliable.
Actually I think they stopped their ground shipping and air would be a fortune and get there too quickly!
Yes, when I moved here I thought it would be so convenient, but everything at FedEx seems to cost a fortune! I like the regular post office...thanks for the advice.
1. Sell all you can sell.
2. Things you don't need immediately, ship via Parcel Post.
3. Only drive with the amount of clothes, toiletries and personal items you need for the 7-14 days it will take your other boxes to arrive.
Thanks, charly...this really helps.
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I'll cut that out.
