Packing for Mars.

Impressive book collection, and not intimidating at all so long as you keep them to sturdy small and medium sized boxes.

Moving company response to apartment photos

Good news, everyone, Karli and I are moving to a new apartment!  It's very close to being the perfect place:  a spacious 900 square feet two bedroom condo in a quiet neighbourhood that's close to shopping and restaurants, complete with free underground parking, en suite laundry, dishwasher, fireplace and balcony - and 1.5 bathrooms.  We're giving up our view of the mountains, but after 16 years here for me and five for Karli, we're willing to trade that for a nicer apartment.

As always, my book collection represents the most significant part of the move, at least from the perspective of the movers.  The good news is that, due to their consistent rectangular shape and relative immunity to breakage, books are a quick pack.  The bad news is, of course, they're heavy - and I've got a lot of them.

With that on the table, we've got a convenient two week overlap between the two places, and at $145 an hour for the movers, I am happy, HAPPY to invest some time and perspiration into transporting as many boxes of books as possible before Moving Day.  To quote the Solomon Kane movie, "It is a price I shall gladly pay."

- Sid