Six boxes actually, big wooden ones on the back of a German truck headed for the port of Bremerhaven.
The appointment slip from the transportation office indicated that we should be ready for the movers to show up at our house between the narrowly defined timeframe of 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. The doorbell announced their arrival at 7:45 A.M. and the 4 Turkish movers employed by a German firm descended upon our household like a swarm of locusts.
Bookshelves disintegrated into piles of laminated wood and hardware; cupboards, cabinets, and closets were sucked dry and furniture evaporated into large parcels of corrugated packing material and brown tape.
A mere 5 hours after the doorbell rang, the trucks rumbled back down the street leaving us standing in the doorway with only 6 sheets of paper indicating that our house in a box will meet us on the other side of the ocean next month.
We certainly hope they're right.
So this means next year you can show up for the Milblog Conference... right? *grin*
Let's hope the house can be unboxed as efficiently as it was boxed up. Got my fingers crossed for you.
Posted by: Teresa | May 07, 2007 at 04:12 AM