Our container arrived Saturday! We were so lucky, they didn’t open the container to check the contents for bibles and porn. So nothing is damaged. Because usually they open several boxes, quite roughly, and it will never fit back in the container like the packers carefully stored it. So they just chunk it back in, push till the door is shut again, and lots of items will be ruined. So far we’re the only ones I’ve heard of they didn’t inspect the contents, everybody has stories about broken this or damaged that.
The movers first had to help us to get rid of the 5 sofa’s, 5 huge arm chairs, 2 double beds, one single bed, 2 desks, about 10 dining chairs, dining table, and about 10 (? Never took the effort to actually count them all) end tables and night stands. They came with 7 men, and amazingly quickly they stored everything in one bedroom. Because that’s the only solution, to sacrifice one bedroom to make it a store room. Big shame, now all 3 boys sleep together in one room and they love it. But what if we will live here for more than a year? Maybe one of them wants to have his own bedroom.
We’ve heard of many families who store it on the balcony. But with close to 50 C (122 F) we don’t feel that’s a respectful way to treat borrowed furniture.
Saturday they assembled the beds, bookshelves etc, and unwrapped the sofa / chairs / dining table etc.
Now we are unpacking twenty million boxes… And with every item you unpack you have to think :”where will we put it, which cupboard or ward robe”. So it all takes ages. And instead of unpacking now, I’m writing a blog…
