Moving: Tips for Finding the Best Mover for You

In November of 2004, my husband found a great job opportunity in a different state. It was going to be a wonderful promotion for him and it meant much more money for our family. So, after much discussion, he accepted the position. He then packed up a few of his belongings and moved 950 miles away. This left me at home with a two year old and a seven month old. This also left me to pack our entire house, alone. Did I mention that I had a two year old and an infant? It wasn’t an easy task. My husband’s new employer would only pay us $2,000 in moving expenses. That wasn’t enough to have a professional moving company come and pack for us, and load our things. We were left to rent our own truck, load it, and somehow drive it halfway across the country.

Let’s cut to nine months down the road, after we are settled into our new city in our new state, far from all of our friends and family. My husband discovered that no amount of extra money in the world was going to make him like his new job, his new boss, or anything about his new position. He was miserable! So, rather than looking for a new job in our new state, we decided that he might as well look for a new job closer to our home state. It was our intention to only be away for a few years, so we decided to just try to get back a lot sooner rather than later. My husband was quickly offered a wonderful management position one state away from where we had originally moved. He quickly accepted the position. This time around, there were no moving expenses allotted for our relocation. It was all out of pocket. Therefore we began packing our belongings (again), and started the moving process all over…a mere nine months after our first move from halfway across the country, we moved again.