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Wednesday, I took advantage of my mother in law being with us and took off for the day. A friend was moving apartments and I offered my help. My jeep can hold a lot more than her small compact. We wanted to move all the fragile and breakable items, leaving the big heavy furniture for the church volunteers on Saturday.

Being an apartment dweller, she didn't have a whole lot of stuff in general. It was an easy day other than the stairs at both apartments. I am glad I am not part of the heavy lifting crew on Saturday. We discussed furniture placement. Since it is volunteers moving her, she wont be able to fuss with placement. Once these men set something down, that is where it will stay. The new apartment is not in the best of areas, but the price was right. It is also an older facility so it needs a little TLC, but the price was right. There were not very many units and they already know half the residents through church. That has some value, knowing your neighbors and watching out for them, in a good way.

After a few hours of work we broke for lunch. Most of the small sit abouts were now located at the new residence. We reused the boxes and were able to make two full runs to the new house. The boxes wont be in the way when the big items arrive, since we were able to unpack into cabinets and closets. We probably could have done another trip, but I think I wore my friend out with my energy for the day. She bought me lunch as a thank you.

I enjoyed getting out and doing something productive. It was lovely to have breathing room. The rain came, but never during an inconvenient time. We were either inside packing or unpacking. The whole day was lovely.