moving day
My friends Bill and Linda are moving, so Cyn and I helped them yesterday. It was one of those three truckloads, all day kind of moves. The good part was that we didn't have to move the entire household. The bad part was that we still had three truckloads. (I think it was a sixteen foot truck.) There were six of us guys moving the heavy stuff.
Bill is a cabinet maker and he makes his own furniture. He makes big furniture. And heavy furniture. Most of it is both. It took four of us to carry the center section of his entertainment center, and it barely went in the door. He had to disassemble his armoire to get it up the stairs. Linda's daughter's bed will have to be put in pieces to get it upstairs. Three loads of this stuff.
Let's see. Three-section entertainment center. Couch. Toy box. three foot in diameter antique pulley wheel coffee table. Three beds. Three armoires. Two dressers. Two desks. Washer. Dryer. Freezer.
There was snow on the ground. My feet were soaked all day. The ground and floors were slippery. The kids, dogs and cat weren't in the way much.
Then there was a lot of clothing, bedding and such. And kitchen stuff, but the ladies took care of most of that.
The second load went slowly because we were all tired. My back was getting progressively worse. The third load was just extremely difficult, due to the fact that my arms were barely functioning. My back wasn't bothering me anymore, but my arms could hardly lift.
They took us out to dinner afterwards. It was welcomed.
Then Cyn and I went out to see The Nob Hill Boys, a bluegrass band. Understandably, we only stayed for the first set. I wanted to stay past eleven, but my feet hurt.
Bill is a cabinet maker and he makes his own furniture. He makes big furniture. And heavy furniture. Most of it is both. It took four of us to carry the center section of his entertainment center, and it barely went in the door. He had to disassemble his armoire to get it up the stairs. Linda's daughter's bed will have to be put in pieces to get it upstairs. Three loads of this stuff.
Let's see. Three-section entertainment center. Couch. Toy box. three foot in diameter antique pulley wheel coffee table. Three beds. Three armoires. Two dressers. Two desks. Washer. Dryer. Freezer.
There was snow on the ground. My feet were soaked all day. The ground and floors were slippery. The kids, dogs and cat weren't in the way much.
Then there was a lot of clothing, bedding and such. And kitchen stuff, but the ladies took care of most of that.
The second load went slowly because we were all tired. My back was getting progressively worse. The third load was just extremely difficult, due to the fact that my arms were barely functioning. My back wasn't bothering me anymore, but my arms could hardly lift.
They took us out to dinner afterwards. It was welcomed.
Then Cyn and I went out to see The Nob Hill Boys, a bluegrass band. Understandably, we only stayed for the first set. I wanted to stay past eleven, but my feet hurt.
