I hurt. Plus: drive-through liquor stores... and diluted liquor?!

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I helped my nephew move to Ohio today.  His father was working, all of his buddies had other plans (it was really short notice, so that part's probably true. *g*)  So my SIL and I were it.

Idiot did most of his packing today.  We were supposed to leave at noon.  Then it was two.  It was nearly three pm by the time we hit the road.  Oh!  And the night before, I pointed out that we could put things in my car if there wasn't room for everything in the truck.  "I don't have that much stuff," he sez, dismissively.

Yeah.  My car was stuffed full. 

His mom and I just got home around 11 pm.  *cries*  I am going to hurt so bad tomorrow, and Monday will probably be worse.  :-(

I did very little of the loading and unloading of the U-Haul truck.  My bad knee goes out even when I'm not hauling boxes and things around.  I really only helped with the treadmill, which was hard enough with the three of us.  They actually thought they could do it by themselves.  *rolls eyes*

When we got to his new home in Celina, Ohio, I mostly unpacked boxes while they did the unloading.

So: Ohio.  I've heard of drive-through liquor stores; hadn't ever seen them in the flesh before.  Wacky.

But nephew, doing some shopping at WalMart, thought he could pick himself up some Jim Beam there.  Only to discover that they only sold diluted liquor.  This... this... words fail me.

What's up with that?  *looks at Mabi*

(and the reason I devoted myself to unpacking boxes was so that I could bring them back home, since I will be needing them myself, when I move to Wisconsin to take care of Dad by the end of September if not sooner.  Oy.  *flails*)

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I lived in Iowa for a short time, and I probably would never have known about their restrictive beer laws, except for taking my brother out to a brewpub when he came to visit. He made a face after one sip, and the waitress explained to him that any beer over 5% ABW in Iowa is considered to be liquor and taxed accordingly higher, so they brew at the lower ABW. It was quite a nasty shock to him! He always looks forward to visiting new places and sampling their local brews.

I've been packing my dishes either with actual packing paper (left over from my last move) or I've slipped them inside plastic grocery bags before wrapping in newspaper. But the t-shirt idea is a really good one - I've got a drawerful that I hardly ever wear! I'll definitely keep that in mind, since there's still a lot to be packed.

I've started a list of things that will go with me in my car. Things the moving company won't take, things like family photos that they recommend you take yourself (since insurance certainly can't replace them), things that I absolutely have to have before my things get delivered. There's even a possibility that my things will go into storage for a month or two, so my list is pretty long!

I'll take your advice and put everything that I'll need the first night and morning into one specific bag or suitcase. That'll cut down on the stress!

I had a bladder infection during a move once. I was absolutely exhausted, but I couldn't sit still. I'd collapse into a chair and be up two minutes later, unpacking a box or hanging a picture. There was just so much to do! :-)