My sister has lived in Dallas for the past 11 years. But, we got lucky this past fall when her husband accepted a new job... it meant they were coming home!
While my BIL began the job in November, she stayed back in Dallas to sell the house, pack up their stuff and move it all here. After the house sold, I offered to fly down there, spend the last week packing up the rest of their stuff and driving it back home.
I know, I'm a great sister, aren't I?
Anyhoo, I flew down there last Sunday. And you all know how much I love to fly – that alone should earn me bonus "great sister" points! Since I never eat before a plane ride and took my happy pills, I was starving and sleepy by the time I got down there. So, even though the Golden Globes were on and I love me some awards shows, Sunday was spent scarfing down food and falling asleep in front of the TV. The real work began on Monday.
Here's my step-by-step guide to helping your sister (brother, friend, etc.) move:
1. Wrap tiny breakables in paper.
(Sidenote: My sister had all the supercool accoutrements for moving: big rolls of bubble wrap (it took everything I had not to pop every damn one of those); packing paper; boxes of all kinds – small, medium, large, extra large, mirror/picture... it was amazeballs.)
2. Fill small box full of tiny breakables in paper.
3. Test weight of said box by bending at waist and lifting (potentially heavy) box.
4. Throw out back.
5. See stars.
6. Lay down on floor.
7. Get better and pack more boxes.
8. Wake up with stiff neck that makes you want to vomit.
9. Make sister go to Wal-Mart at 6am to buy heating pad.
10. Sit with heating pad for rest of day while sister packs alone.
I mean, good grief. She was probably wondering why she bothered with me at all!
Even though I was completely useless to her, I'm glad I went. She didn't have to drive 2 days all on her own and it gave us something to talk about at family dinner last night.
You're welcome, Mar.
