I have basically spent the past 5 days on the telephone with men and women who work for companies with various incarnations of American Moving Company. They all want to talk to me for at least an hour, they all want me to go through everything that I have in my apartment, estimate the number of boxes that I anticipate boxing, want to know various zip codes and parking situations etc. It's EXHAUSTING!
As if packing all of one's belongings into cardboard boxes, plastic bins, and suitcases isn't difficult enough, there aren't any companies who will come out to your apartment, look at your stuff, and give you a price that doesn't make you want to claw your eyes out (there are companies who come to your house and look around, but they give you prices that make you want to claw your eyes out).
Most people who find themselves in this situation will have their move sponsored by their company. Ours is only partially sponsored, since they are giving me a nice pay increase. In the end of course, it's worth it because our way of life will be much easier out west (no shoveling snow! no driving in the snow! no walking in the snow!), and you know, the potential for growth within the company is much better, yada, yada.
But this part SUCKS. We've decided to make a decision by the end of the week. So I have 2 more days of dealing with estimates and picking a company, etc. Then, the real fun begins!
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