After two days of laughing, swearing, bragging to close friends about being so dangerous, also a few cocktails and a game of Carcassonne for meditation we finally realized that our exodus was inevitable.
Have you ever tried to fit all your life into a storage space with floor area of 3 square meters and about 2.5 meters high? Well, when we were two years younger (and did not have a bed and two night tables) we managed to fit everything into 2 square meters, but the guy helping us was exceptionally good at Tetris. This time, though, after packing all boxes, turning all Ikea furniture back to the flat form and examining our chances at meeting another Tetris champion, we upgraded to a 4 square meters storage.
When you pack everything you leave and separately pack the stuff you are taking with you, you have to ask yourself many questions. Some of them are easy to answer, like:
– Have I taken everything I need?
– No!
– Mum, can I take all my Lego sets with me?
– Sorry, darling, but no.
– Have I left anything essential?
– Sure!
– Mum, can I take all my 214 books with me?
– No, darling.
– Mum, can I…
– No!
Some of them are not:
– When will I be able to reunite with my belongings? Do I have to take my winter coat?
– You would not be packing right now if you had an answer for this.
– How to fit all these in our small car?
– There is no way to do it…
A small sedan is good around the city or for weekend trips, but doesn’t suit force majeure escapes. Unfortunately, the car’s cargo space is not unlimited like Tardis or Hermione’s purse, so we had to leave the automatic bread maker. Still, we took Lego Destiny Bounty, the Tardis from the night table (which makes much sense – Tardis is for traveling) and the brand new electric longboard which was meant to be a transport around Tallinn. We do not mention boring stuff like the electric grill, the multicooker, the cordless vacuum cleaner, etc.
Eventually it is easy to mess things up and end up with a bag of warm clothes in hot July. Every day I have to tell my wife that she looks the prettiest in the only summer skirt she has.
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