And...So It Begins!

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to give an update. These moving companies rape you of your money and smile while they are doing it. Evidently, what I'm shipping, not furniture, just personal effects, is not considered freight! I don't know what the best part is, so I'll list them and you can choose. Don't know why, but conveniently, freight is cheaper to ship than household goods, by thousands of dollars...oh wait, it doesn't stop there, on top of that, there is a minimum of 1,000lbs!!! The way that works, I have about 4-500lbs to ship, but I will have to pay for 1,000lbs. Do you feel the love yet? I have a warm and fuzzy! Well this particular company gave me a run around and 4 numbers later I was connected to their "relocation division" who told me I was getting a deal at $2235 out the door!!! oh boy! What a bargain! Well, would never have imagined it, but it will actually be cheaper to box the remnants of my life and put it through as checked "boxes" Being the genius that I am, sharp as a bowling ball I tell you, I went to home depot and picked up a few boxes to begin packing, and got lucky so I escaped the second $50-75 charge for being over a sum of 62" I will "only" be charged $50 for being at 100lbs per box. I am hoping that I can limit it to just 5 or 6 boxes. I began last night to pack some of the things that I'm going to attempt to bring. I thought I really didn't have much of anything anymore, because I had lost all of my belongings during my divorce. I realize now how easy it is to quickly start accruing things. I tend to accrue books and magazines. I am proud of myself, I was able to let go of all of my magazines into the dumpster. The books on the other hand have a tighter grip on me. I had such a collection of books before my divorce. I had a 4 bedroom home, and one of the bedrooms I used as a study that was lined with custom cherry bookshelves that were built into the walls. Like most career military guy's, I created what we fondly call "The I Love Me Wall" where I showcased all my awards, medals, accomplishments, promotions, and so on. It's all gone now. The best part of my life I no longer have a record of, so it is difficult to let go of these books that are now part of my new library. We will see how many boxes this is going to take, I might need to shave off even more of the weight, so we will see how it goes! That reminds me, I did make two of the last gear purchases before I leave. I got a pair of Black Banta Mickey Mouse boots, good to -20 degrees F. The other is a Carhartt brown Duck Arctic quilted bib. That all she wrote, I mean I wrote, no pun intended...Really... This is going to be the last time I move until I'm in a casket and being moved to my grave!!!

God Bless

Jeff