The Rules

The “Rules of Moving” according to Adam:

Get some boxes. Two or three really big ones should do. You can just put everything in then. Don’t worry if it is unmanageably heavy; you likely won’t be the one lifting it anyways.If you have lots of books, put them all in one big box. This way you won’t lose any.

Keep the contents of each box varied, so you don’t get bored with things from one room. Barbeque sauce in a box with the bath pouf and some shoes is a good example.

Check the box before you tape the box up to make sure there are no cats sleeping inside. If the one of your boxes is meowing, you forgot to check.

Cats + Packing Tape = Hours of enjoyment. Just make sure you bought extra so you don’t have to leave half your boxes open because you used up all the packing tape playing with the cats.

When moving out after living with housemates, don’t spend too much time worrying about what belongs to whom. If I end up with your unopened, limited edition copy of “Pearl Jam Touring Band 2000” and you get one of my pens or something, it all evens up in the end.

It is a good idea to put matched items like a set of glasses, cufflinks, shoes or socks into different boxes. This way, if you do lose one box, at least you still have one of each left.

Reaction to “the Rules of Moving,” according to Me:

Don’t pack anything without asking me first.

Do not try to understand the box numbering scheme, just put the damn numbers on the box.

Stop stacking the boxes 15 boxes high.

Please take all that packing tape off the cat.

Labelling the boxes “I don’t know what’s in here, but Chantelle told me to label it” is not what I meant.

Physiology textbooks and the eggs should not go in the same box.

One more time, it is the guest room, not the air-hockey table room.

Where’s the cat?