Moving is such a pain

We have been slowing moving our stuffs over to the new house. Since we are getting double the size in terms of space, we went ahead and bought some furniture at IKEA, mainly cabinets and study table.


So we bought two cabinets for the study room and a study table as my vanity table, and we hauled them back ourselves, moved the boxes upstairs on our own, which are not light at all. Just our luck, one of the cabinets has some defects. So we have hauled it back to IKEA for exchange. You would have thought that the story ends here right? No... So we brought the first exchange back, and got ready to assemble it. Then... we happened to pick another defect box. So we have to go back to IKEA for the second time for the second exchange. Just as we are putting the first defected cabinet into the trunk, I noticed that our car got a huge dent on the passenger side. Needless to say I was pissed. People just have no considerations for their neighboring cars. Seriously sometimes I want to just drive a tank and drive over any car that cannot park properly and open the door as if there is no car around. Argh! Still angry as I type this.

Back to the story, so we went back to get the second exchange, and of course, IKEA customer service personnel makes it looks like coming back for exchange for the second time is normal. Anyway, so we got the second exchange, checked it in store before bringing it back, brought it up to the second floor, assembled it, then as we assemble the flap, we found parts missing for the flap... My husband was so mad that he called the customer service to have the parts ship to us because we are definitely not going back to the store for exchange again.

So, to recap, we moved two cabinets to the second floor on Saturday, assemble one of the them, found defects on another one, brought it back to the store on Sunday, brought new one back home and brought it upstairs, found defects, brought it back to the store again on Sunday, brought back home and upstairs, then assemble it. Overall, I have carried the same box, at least half of my weight, four times within two days’ time. Those moving have definitely taken a toll on my body. I am having back and shoulder pain, abdominal pain, fatigue from lack of sleep and strenuous exercise, gastric... you name it, I have it.


We still have big items to move this weekend, I sure hope I can last through this weekend. This week just seems so long.


Mood: Tired and in pain