We still may have around 2 months (give or take) to live in Salatiga, but we chose this week to officially pack and send all our furniture, appliances, and other belongings in a large shipping container to Tarakan. In sending the container early, we are hoping it will get there in a couple of weeks so that I can make a quick 5 day trip to Tarakan to set up our house as much as I can before our family actually moves there. This will be a big help as we transition with little kids and a brand new baby! We are thankful we got all the packing done now and we can "breathe" a little before the next big thing...our baby girl arriving in May! Here is a quick look at the two days of packing, transporting, and packing again looks like.
Packing Day
Our front room with dissembled furniture
Most of our furniture is wrapped in cardboard to help protect it from the long journey
Having dinner while our couch takes a rest after being wrapped in plastic
A bunch of teammates and friends came to help load items in a "truck" and transport them to the loading area.
Almost all our earthly possessions are here
View of our front yard with all our stuff
View from our garage looking to the street
Have curious and helpful neighbors come to see what this "orang asing" (me) is doing
Almost the last load for the day
Container Day
We started at 6am with donuts and coffee
At least this guy came with a smile...
We sat around yelling over the passing traffic and enjoying hot coffee and donuts while we waited for the container to arrive
At least it is nice and cool at this hour
Here is one more helper!
And here is our container
All nice and empty...and mostly clean
Ok, no more donuts. Time to work them off
First item is our chest of drawers
It was heavy, I think that is why I was taking pictures of it instead of lifting ;)
Things are coming along rather nicely, everything fitting in
Almost half way done...
But still a lot of stuff to fit in the container
...and more stuff. Goodness who thought this was going to be easy?!?
This is the part where I was getting a little nervous about items not being able to fit
BUT it all fit! We were even able to close the doors without having to take a running start
See you in Tarakan!
