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The only thing worse than moving is finding out your movers underbid you by $1500 the day you're supposed to leave for Oklahoma from California and it's too late to use another company...speaking hypothetically of course.

Or if the movers your aunt hires turn out to be two teenagers and a horsetrailer and you end up having to help move all of their heavy heirloom furniture in 100 degree Texas heat!

lol - Everytime I move, I always say to whoever is present that rooms in hell probably have people packing up my cluttered house forever.

My heart goes out to ya, bro. I moved 6 times last year between graduating college, army training, and getting married. Suck.

But look on the bright side, you have your own house. What area did you end up finding a place?

Yeah, moving blows. I just moved 1400 miles packing all I could fit in my '94 Mazda 626...all the rest is coming down in one of those PODS in a little over a week. And to think that in two years I have to do it again!

I too hate moving but I must say I do find it quite helpful in eliminating much of the crap I accumulate over the years. A form of purging one might say. Besides, I think the pain of the move grows exponentially with the distance of the move (we just moved back to St Louis from San Antonio). I pray your move is short.

Ugh . . . yeah, moving stinks. Though I do like packing other people's stuff.

Think of C.S. Lewis' depiction of Napoleon in the Great Divorce endlessly marching around his own little house as it sped further and further away from human contact. There'd be constant "moving."

We don't like moving either, but we'll be making a move cross country 3000 miles away starting this coming Saturday! We're even making the move without a moving truck, so that's been quite an exercise in downsizing and decluttering. And it's not just moving me, it's moving a family - wife and son.

I mostly hate it, but part of me loves it. I'm an eternal slob, and when we move somewhere new I feel like it's a new chance to start this place off right. Of course, that never happens. The place is usually all cluttered up the second all the boxes are put away (which is usually months after we've moved).

I like helping other people for a few hours (if they have boxed up their stuff well - courtesy of the little pharisee in my mind).

I abhor moving myself (and wife, and kid), but you will survive...

I like moving - gives me a fresh start.

Our first parents had to move out of the garden and we've been moving ever since.

I don't like moving at all. I can typicaly endure the packing part and the transfer of packed boxes, but unpacking is a big fat pain that always comes after I'm completely out of motivation. Ugh.

What you don't like moving? What the heck is wrong with you?

just kidding. I know it must be hell. Blessings on your china and breakables.

Yeah moving's wiggity (wack), especially when you're trying to figure out what to put with what in which boxes. Then you're finding stuff you should have put with other stuff that's already packed and taped-up. Moving's a nightmare if you're a neat freak and want everything organized.

Here's the question of the hour, though: Where is Anthony moving??

Just go knock on one of your new neighbors' doors. I'm sure they'll be glad to help you get settled. Unless, of course, they're too busy blogging on the computer. . . .