Moving Tip: Avoid Moving in an Ice Storm
Menstrual Poetry Headquarters has officially been moved!
The boyfriend and I moved on February first, and it was definitely an exciting time for me. I have a great love of moving and new surroundings and the fact that being in the same place for two years was getting to me, not to mention he had been in our old apartment for nine years prior to my moving in with him, we probably shouldn’t have made the move in February. Our move was quite spontaneous; our old apartment’s roof was leaking in several spots and looked as if it were about to cave in at the next rain or snow fall and our landlord was completely disinterested in the entire fact that not only was our roof in horrible shape, but other things around the house that he had “fixed” were not indeed as fixed as he may have been under the impression they were. Within just a day of my incessant bitching about the state of the building that I believe needs to be condemned, we found a new place with a kick ass landlord and moved in as soon as possible.
February is by far the worst month weather-wise in Pennsylvania. February is when the extremely large snow falls happen, which I’ve been used to, living in the same area all my life, but little did we know, freak ice storms also happen to occur in February!
While moving the majority of our belongings from our old apartment and into the uHaul sitting outside, it looked as if it were raining. The steps were wet, but as I was carrying a heavy box down the two flights of very rickety steps outside to get to the front of our apartment building, I slid down one and then another and then, at 5am, all that could be heard was “Holy shit! Not rain, not rain.”
After a few hours, we finally had all of our stuff in the uHaul outside and we drove from our old, should be condemned apartment and an hour north of where we were, where the weather only got worse and the streets only got icier along with the porch of our new apartment completely covered in several sheets of ice.
12 hours later, we were completely moved in but the ice still wasn’t letting up. 6 days later, most of the boxes are unpacked, the apartment is looking great, and our office is gorgeous and much roomier than our last. Good choice to move, absolutely wonderful new apartment, never moving in February again.
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Agreed. The only activity taking place in an ice storm should be snuggling.
I know what you mean. I hate the snow, but I live in Colorado where at least the snow melts. I don’t envy you one bit.
Best wishes for your new home. Glad you survived the storm.
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wish all the best for you and your new home! Cheers!
I was traveling home from LA during a wind/dust storm about 2 months ago, but fortunately, I’ve not seen snow since last March. Supposed to be 72 here today ^ ^
Good morning:
Thanks for contributing this post to this week’s Carnival of Family life, hosted at Health Plans Plus!
Great advice. When we moved into our prior home, we closed escrow on December 16. I also don’t recommend that!
Be sure to stop by the Carnival tomorrow and check out the other wonderful entries!
JHS
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new home with your love. can i get any better than that?!
Wow, props for continuing your move even during the ice storm!!! I’m glad you two made it safely. I hear ya on the moving and change idea, I need it every once in a while as well.
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