We've been sitting on the floor, eating dinner in our laps for two weeks. We've learned to appreciate the value of a table and a chair :) I may have already mentioned that were borrowing mattresses from a colleague, so nice!!
The movers arrived with 3 people. We were a bit surprised because it took 8 people to pack the crate. Sure enough, we confirmed a 3 person crew is correct.
They were the nicest guys. They took great care if our stuff, and they never even asked for food or a break? They did ask to use the toilet. We gave them tea and cakes for lunch, and we had pizza delivered for dinner. They ate, but barely, since they kept on working.
We ran into two fairly major challenges. One was that the Queen bed box spring didn't fit up the narrow stairs. They tried and tried, even measured, but it just wasn't possible. That's when we learned that day 1 is just getting stuff in the house, day 2 is building and organising, nice! So today, on day 2, a handyman is here on call to disassemble and reassemble anything that doesn't fit. He's sawing the box spring as I write this, hope it gets back together, I'm sure it will :)
During this rather hectic day, my new buddy Chris Collison was able to come over. I have to write that again for fun, Chris Collison came over to my house. I've been a fan of his world leading work in knowledge management for years, and here we are hanging out at my house, on a big move day. I forgot to offer him tea, so I apologized for that later, but we still had a great conversation, on "brand new" chairs in our house! We had a good laugh about the activity in the house.
Thanks John - it was great, if a little unconventional as meetings go. Don't worry about the tea (or coffee - us Brits drink both in equal measure!) - you had a pretty good excuse!
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