She's Home!

 

Box Mountain

Daughter is home!  She arrived on Friday, August 1st.

She had rented a moving container which she packed with her belongings, as it was cheaper than hiring movers.  The estimated date for her boxes to be shipped to the company's warehouse/depot closest to us was August 7th (having the container delivered to the house and picked up later would have cost more).  Daughter had arranged for her friends to help her unload the container and bring her boxes home on Saturday, August 9th.

But, she received notification that her moving container had arrived on Saturday, August 2nd.  So, we decided that we would start moving her boxes on Sunday, August 3, by ourselves.   We made three trips to the depot and back, this afternoon.  The fact that it was 93F didn't bother us.  

Daughter lifted and carried most of the boxes, giving me only the very lightest boxes and a few other light miscellaneous items.  We brought home 28 boxes and several miscellaneous items including a rug, two framed pictures, a stack of plastic drawers, a stack of metal drawers, and a two tier wooden step stool.  Everything is stacked in the living room!  

There are still several more boxes left in the moving container.  We plan to make one trip on Monday evening, after daughter has finished her work and before the warehouse/depot closes at 7:00 p.m., and another trip on Tuesday evening.  We should have the moving container emptied by Tuesday; if not, we will make another trip on Wednesday evening.  

I am grateful for:

- Daughter had a safe flight home
- All her friends who helped her to move her boxes to the moving container at that end
- The moving container was delivered to the warehouse/depot safely and ahead of schedule
- Daughter's foot has recovered enough to allow her to lift and carry the boxes
- We are able to bring the boxes home, a few at a time, in the car

My joyful activities these past few days have been getting ready for daughter to come home and having her home, again. 

Thank you to everyone who wished my daughter a safe move back home.