Moving US Style

Yesterday was moving day and for us, it was really a study in how differently things are done in the US versus Ghana, which is really our only comparison at this point. Our move in Ghana took 6 men and 2 full days during which the movers cut cardboard sheets to perfectly enclose our furniture, wrapped items with layers and layers and more layers of paper, and then painstakingly carried items either down 2 flights of stairs or down an elevator and then on top of their heads onto the truck.  It was by no means an easy move, especially with some of our solid wood African furniture.  However, yesterday, 3 men arrived at our house at 8am, packed and loaded the truck with the same exact items as we moved from Ghana, plus a little more, and finished by 2pm same day! Granted there were a few factors that made the packing and moving a little easier including special padded paper that doesn't exist in Ghana, a trolley for carting boxes around, a ramp onto the truck, and a ground floor house vs. elevator building but it really got me thinking about how the US is a pretty smooth running efficient machine most of the time. Wonder what awaits us in Peru?!

And to just add a little more stress to the mix of moving to a foreign country in a few days, Alan did something to his back on Thursday that basically laid him flat on the bed until today when he slowly started to move around. An MRI is scheduled for Thursday and we can only hope it is nothing serious. And Eli, who has been fighting a cold, now has a double ear infection. We just all need to be on the mend by Friday! Thank goodness grandpa and grandma are taking good care of us now that we are settled in with them until we leave.