I am very slowly preparing for my move. Today I will have a phone survey, in which I will describe everything I own over the phone to a "professional surveyor" who will then estimate a weight. Then next Wednesday I will have my "pack'n'load" in which all my worldly goods will be packed onto the first truck. Yes, the first truck. My things will then be transferred to another truck and driven to Seattle, where they will be transferred to a steamship and barged up to Anchorage, where they will be transferred to a plane and air-freighted out to Bethel, where an apparently lovely gentleman named Bethel Bob will deliver and unpack everything.
My head is about to explode.
Speaking of explosions, here is a list of my favorite explosives that I am not allowed to bring:
Explosives
-black powder
-dynamite
-spear guns having a charged head (Am I allowed spear guns with an uncharged or previously discharged head?)
-aircraft engine compartment fire extinguishers
-explosive auto alarms (Do these things exist? Wouldn't that be counter-productive?)
-instruments of war (A little vague, don't you think?)
Mostly the movers have been very professional. They sent me a checklist full of helpful information like "don't pack your plane tickets" and a treatise on why I should dissemble my Ikea furniture. This has already led to several Wrath-of-Khan-like moments of howling, "IKEAAAAAAAAA!!" amidst screwdrivers and partially dissembled, now broken, furniture.
Is noon too early to have a drink?
It's never too early to have a drink...it's always afternoon somewhere!
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