Chapter 30 – The Big Move
On Thursday, the washer and dryer were delivered and placed in the basement. Jed had them hook everything up so they would be ready to go. He also brought down the shelves that he had bought and put them up. Charlotte thanked him again for getting the shelves to put her stuff on. They went out to dinner and came back home and watched the game on tv before going to bed.
Friday came and Charlotte met Jed at his house after work. She showed Jed her list and he noticed that everything was checked off. He told her that he was proud of her for getting so much done in so little time. They then set about the task of moving furniture. They took Jed’s dining room table to the basement. Then they pushed and pulled the living room furniture in to the nearest spare bedroom. They decided that Charlotte’s bedroom furniture would go in the room across the hall for Jed’s bedroom.
On Saturday morning, Jed went and picked up a large moving truck and then headed to Charlotte’s apartment. About a half an hour later, Miranda and Steve showed up to help. They formulated a plan for the move and then set out on their assigned tasks.
Jed and Steve started taking out the big stuff. Charlotte and Miranda started packing up the kitchen. They carefully washed everything before putting it into a box. Charlotte marked it box as it was filled so that Jed and Steve would know where it went in Jed’s house. They quickly ran out of moving boxes and sent the boys for more boxes. Charlotte did not realize how much stuff she had accumulated over the last year. While they packed, of course, they talked about the men in their lives. When they got done in the kitchen, there were twelve boxes marked kitchen – basement. They pushed them to the edge of the dining room out of the way so Jed and Steve could move the dining room furniture out.
Charlotte and Miranda decided to do the bathroom next. They ended up with three boxes. Two of them they marked bathroom stuff – basement, the other marked bathroom – upstairs. Next they went into her bedroom and started packing that room up. They carefully placed all her clothes in to boxes. First folding them, and them putting them in to a box. They ended up with six boxes of clothes, marked bedroom. They they set about packing up Charlotte’s desktop computer. They got out a large box and carefully put everything inside it.
By this time, the guys had gotten the dining room table and chairs, the living room furniture, and the kitchen boxes loaded in the truck. They decided this would be a good time for lunch, so they all piled into Steve’s car and went to lunch.
When they got back, the guys grabbed the rest of the boxes from the bathroom and bedroom and put them in the truck, while the girls packed up the living room stuff. Then the guys started moving the bedroom furniture. The girls finished there packing and started carry out the smaller boxes. When they were done with the small boxes, Miranda went down to the landlord’s place and dropped off the keys, while the guys finished with putting the large boxes in the truck. Jed shut and locked the big door on the truck. The girls joined them and the four of them headed to Jed’s house.
When they got there, the guys started unloading. They placed all of the stuff that the girls could move in to the living room and all the big stuff in to the room that it went in to. The girls went inside and starting moving the boxes as they came in, or putting them in the basement if that is where they went. They all worked effortlessly together. It was almost as smooth as running an assembly line. By the time the truck was empty, everyone was exhausted. The house was a mess, with boxes scattered here and there and everywhere. Jed suggested they go out for dinner. Everyone else sprung up and said let’s go. They got their coats on and headed out to eat.
When they got back, Jed and Charlotte thanked Steve and Miranda. With hugs all around first, Steve and Miranda headed home. Jed and Charlotte went back in to the living room and started unpacking and arranging the furniture in that room. When they were done, they sat on the sofa and just relaxed and drank coffee. They talked about continuing to unpack. They were both exhausted. It had been a long day. They then went to bed and quickly fell asleep in each others arms.
The next morning they got up and ate breakfast and drank coffee, lots of coffee. Then Charlotte sent Jed into the spare room and had him set up the bed in there. They decided to put her dresser in their bedroom, so Jed moved that over there. While Jed did that, Charlotte unpacked the bathroom box and then started on the bedroom boxes. When Jed finished moving the dresser and putting up the bed, he went to the den and started arranging things in there the way he wanted them. He decided where he wanted to put his desk and set his computer back up. Charlotte continued to hang up clothes, and to put clothes in to her dresser. After they were done with that, Jed and Charlotte set her desk and computer up in the other spare room. Neither one of them used their computers a lot, but Jed suggested that it would offer both of them privacy that way. Finally, after getting everything arranged the way they wanted it, they sat on the sofa and relaxed the rest of the day before going to bed.
