Elongated Move

We get the keys to our new place in eleven days.  Exciting stuff.  It's weird, though, because I look around our current apartment and still see the majority of our stuff out and being used.  Some might look at it and think we haven't done much, but in actuality..well, no.  We really haven't.  I was going to try and paint a picture of productivity, but I can't.  And here's the reason why.  We have a two week overlap between the time we can move into our new place and the time we need to be out of our old place.  That creates a little bit of a predicament. 

When we left Kansas, it was easy because we knew we had to have everything packed up and ready to go because we were leaving the state.  We had a rental truck and had to pack everything into it the day before leaving.  There was a date in concrete of packing.  This time around, we don't have that.  We are going to be making trips back and forth with our vehicles.  Days off will just mean multiple trips, and that is just fine because we can take breaks, and will have all day.  When we moved from Kansas, we just wanted it to be over and done with. 

One problem is figuring out what we can live without for this two week overlap.  We have packed up non-essentials such as books, games and movies.  Winter clothes that were already in boxes are going to be making a trip early on as well.  We have a pantry full of shelf stable food, but we have to plan out meals and make sure we don't pack away something that we might want to eat during this span.  Looking at all the dishes we have, how many can we pack away and still function without primarily using paper plates?  Same goes for pots and pans, although we use them all so they might be hanging out here for a bit. 

And the other thing to consider is when do we stop living in our current place and start living in the new one?  When do we move all the furniture down there?  A week before our lease is up?  Or just a few days ahead of time?  One of the bad things about apartment living and moving is having to make the place look presentable to get the deposit back.  It's especially annoying because you know they are just going to come in and paint and replace the carpets, but you just have to do it to get that money back. 

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