packing day

With one week until we are on the plane and happily into our second or third in-flight movie, we sent our worldly possessions on their merry way today. We've struggled a bit with knowing how much of our stuff would go because neither of us could really visualize what 100 cubic feet of space looked like. I'm happy to report that today was rather like Christmas because everything we hoped to send (and then some) is gone. Well, really it is only like Christmas in that we got what we wanted, but I suppose rather unlike Christmas in that we were sending off things rather than receiving them.

Shortly after 9am, this mammoth truck arrived. Seemed a bit of overkill to me. I might not know how big 100 cubic feet is, but I certainly know it isn't that big. 

We were actually surprised to find two crates inside. In the later pictures you'll be able to get a better sense of the size of these babies. Each is, logically enough, 50 cubic feet. 

After Hector and Scott worked their packing magic it was time to load the crates. We had enough spare room to pack a couple more boxes of items we had either given up on or thought my parents would have to bring over in December. Yippee!

Final crate is sealed! Also, Hector informed us that approximately 12 of me would fit in each crate. Nice bit of trivia. 

With our great packers. Looking forward to seeing our stuff on the other side in a month's time!