Packing Up Our Lives

Julia and I decided to sell most of our possessions before our move.  We posted things on Kijiji.com and were happy to find that lots of people buy a variety of used goods off there.  We sold things so easily that we decided to post our house on there.  We sold it within a week.  Hilarious.

So, while Cally was growing older everyday, we worked hard at selling our stuff and packing up the rest.  I stole about 30 boxes from work, was that wrong?  Procrastination ran rampant.  But as the day I was leaving approached, we still had lots to do.  Our accommodations in Saba was still up in the air.  I needed to get the van tuned up and a trailer hitch installed.  The usual moving stuff, you know?

Cally was busy organizing our move

We also needed to give up Michael and Dumb, our cats.  We had originally thought that we could bring them to Saba with us, but that didn't work out.  I've had both of them since they were kittens.  Michael is nearly 13 and Dumb is nearly 9.  Our friend Jay bailed us out, and we thank him greatly for it.  We had taken care of his cat Rand for several years while he was in Toronto, so I guess he felt he owed us.  We both had several tearful goodbyes for the cats.  I think I was more sad giving them up than saying goodbye to anyone else.  You can keep in touch with people through email, telephone, Facebook, etc..., but not pets.  I miss them already.

We are really going to miss them

After getting some motivation from some close friends, we finished packing/getting rid of the rest of our things.  Thanks Terri, Brennan and Jay!  We needed that kick in the ass.  The next step was renting a UHaul trailer.  After looking at the amount of stuff we still had, I came to the decision that the trailer I booked wouldn't be big enough.  I called the UHaul place to see if I should just rent a truck and haul the van behind.  It would mean a lot more money needed to be spent, especially on gas.  But the UHaul guy told me that our van should be able to tow the trailer that holds double the original volume.  It also weighed twice as much, more than what the van's limit was.  But since I'm cheap, I decided to risk it.

Stay tuned for the story of our trip down to Phoenix.