Days Like This

The 5 Most Exciting Things About Moving:

1. Your whole body aches after hauling load after load of bulky furniture up two flights of stairs. An added bonus is the weird bruises that appear on your forearms and thighs over the next few days, marking where items were precariously balanced.

2. Unpacking boxes that you packed ages ago, only to discover things you never knew you had! (I had one box that I never unpacked from my freshman year in college!)

3. Attempting to cook the first few days, and realizing how necessary some kitchen items--such as plates, a cheese grater, and pots and pans--really are!

4. Eating meals sitting on the floor, with a box as your table--for weeks!

5. Discovering all the quirks of the new place...like all the electrical outlets which were painted over "accidentally", or the bathroom mirror which refuses to shut, or the THREE doors to the hallway (located in the kitchen, living room, and bedroom!), or the... :)