What NOT To Do Two Weeks Before You Move
Posted on: April 17, 2012
This past weekend was supposed to be the epitome of productivity at Hamsaps House. We were going to clean! We were going to organize! We were going to pack! We are moving in 10 days, after all. This upcoming weekend is super busy, so we knew this was our last weekend to really focus on cleaning and packing up our current apartment.
Alas, a long week at work paired with the fear of busyness soon to come left us crippled Friday-Sunday. This past weekend really was my ideal weekend, except I didn’t accomplish a single thing I was supposed to accomplish.
Instead of rewarding my procrastination with a blog post about my fabulous weekend I’m going to present you with a list and a stern warning. Below are all the things you should NOT do two weeks before you move.
1. Do not come home from work on Friday and immediately take a nap. Even if it’s the first time you’ve laid next to your husband all that week. Even if you barely slept the night before because you were worrying about work/moving/if Luna is getting enough nutrients in her diet. Even if the dark clouds cast the perfect afternoon-nap shadows outside your apartment window. Whatever you do, do not come home from work on Friday and immediately take a nap.
2. Do not start a fabulous book on Friday night and stay up until 1 a.m. reading the first 200 pages. Luna will be annoyed by your reading light, anyways.
Luna is NOT amused.
3. Do not workout Saturday morning for the third day in a row, partly because you’re on a health kick but mostly so you can read the latest People magazine.
4. Do attend your friend’s fabulous bridal shower– but do not commit to doing your sister’s makeup after you’ve had 3 glasses of wine. Yes, the makeup will turn out fabulous, but you’ll get sucked into pictures, then eating delicious Old Carolina BBQ, then hanging out with your husband and parents all night.
5. Do not go to bed at 10 p.m. on Saturday night. For goodness sake, all you did was eat and drink all day!
6. Do not sleep in until 11 a.m. on Sunday. Do go grocery shopping when you wake up, but don’t come home and make homemade waffles. Mhmmmm. Waffles.
7. Do not ditch packing to go to the dog park. Even if the sun is shining, even if it’s 80 degrees outside and even if your Boston-Terrier/Shih Tzu begs you, do not go to the dog park.
8. Do not come home from the dog park and make a huge batch of soup. There are boxes to pack and closets to sort through!
9. Do not decide you need to make dessert, and whip up the most delicious chocolate chip bread pudding you’ve ever tasted. (For those of your salivating along at home I’m going to make the bread pudding this weekend for the Bend and Snap Dessert Party!)
10. Do not ignore the dishes and the dirty kitchen and the packing to lay on the couch and watch Tangled.
SO there you have it. Everything you should NOT do two weeks before you move. These items may be the components of a fabulous weekend, but they will do nothing for your productivity and sense of accomplishment.
4 Responses to "What NOT To Do Two Weeks Before You Move"
April 18, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Great list! I’ll keep it in mind. We’re scheduling home inspections, signing papers and surgery around each other. Avoid that too.
PS: I like the new look, should have said so before!
April 19, 2012 at 9:12 am
Oh I want to hear all about your house hunting adventures! It sounds like you found the right place. Good luck!!
April 17, 2012 at 6:56 pm
I have another to add. We took a 10 day trip before we moved in Feb. We found our house and signed the lease on Thursday, Feb. 2nd (yeah, really all in the same day – that’s how quick the market moves out here). Then we were stuck in a blizzard Friday, left for Ohio Saturday for 10 days, came home on Monday the 13th, got the keys on Wednesday the 15th, and moved Saturday the 18th (after working Tues. – Fri. long hours to make-up for being gone more than a week).
Then we had a birthday party for K and his closest 15 friends/family on the 25th. Add that scenario to you do NOT do before you move list.
Happy packing!! I’m sure you’ll get it together – there will just be less sorting and purging beforehand.
April 19, 2012 at 9:12 am
YIKES! I don’t know how you enjoyed your vacation with all that going on at once. I feel better today that I did earlier this week. Things are finally starting to come together. This weekend’s project is tackling the kitchen… oy.