Two days left.... starting to PANIC!

I seriously don't know how I'm going to get everything out of my house in the next two days!  I have a tenant moving in the day after I leave, and cleaners coming Tuesday morning, so I have one day to basically be at least 90% packed and finished... I'm really starting to have a melt down.  It's like things secretly were multiplying in drawers all throughout my house since I moved in, and as much as I pack there is still more stuff everywhere!

Sorry, just had to vent before either my head explodes or I have a heart attack! 

You'll be fine! It's the home stretch and I'm sure you'll power through it. 

Make a list and work your way through.

You'll be fine. Just take it one step at a time. I've been in your shoes before (veerry recently, in fact) and things do have a way of working out. Good luck!

I don't have any words of wisdom, but loads of sympathy. I've had to do that, and I think it took years off my life. You can get through it though. Good luck!

Well... I'm off to a rocky start!  I missed my flight yesterday (but I got my dog on the plane).  So she is in the UK waiting for me, and I'm getting on a flight tonight, not going to Manchester, but London, so I have to book it in a car north to get to the kennel before 4pm.  I'm checking in in a couple hours and I'm petrified that one of my bags might be over 70 pounds.  I think this move has been the hardest thing I have ever done!!

Well... I'm off to a rocky start!  I missed my flight yesterday (but I got my dog on the plane).  So she is in the UK waiting for me, and I'm getting on a flight tonight, not going to Manchester, but London, so I have to book it in a car north to get to the kennel before 4pm.  I'm checking in in a couple hours and I'm petrified that one of my bags might be over 70 pounds.  I think this move has been the hardest thing I have ever done!!

Oh dear, how did you miss your flight?
Maybe take a train?
Virgin trains goes direct from Euston to Manchester, takes 2 hours. You will need to get from  your airport to Euston via tube.

Oh dear, how did you miss your flight?
Maybe take a train?
Virgin trains goes direct from Euston to Manchester, takes 2 hours. You will need to get from  your airport to Euston via tube. 

This is good advice!  I hope she sees it, but she's probably en route already.  I would think a fast train to be a better alternative than driving hell-for-leather (on unfamiliar motorways) after an all night flight.

lunasera, good luck & be safe!

Yikes!!!

Hope it all works out ok!   

Well... I'm off to a rocky start!  I missed my flight yesterday (but I got my dog on the plane).  So she is in the UK waiting for me, and I'm getting on a flight tonight, not going to Manchester, but London, so I have to book it in a car north to get to the kennel before 4pm.  I'm checking in in a couple hours and I'm petrified that one of my bags might be over 70 pounds.  I think this move has been the hardest thing I have ever done!!

By now you're there, so I hope everything was smooth sailing the rest of the way! (throws lots of good luck at you)

Hi everyone!  Thank's for the well wishes!  I had to take a car instead of a train because the quarantine kennels are out in the middle of nowhere, and I needed a car the next few days anyway... not to mention the vast amount of luggage I had would have made train travel quite difficult.  My flight landed at 9:30 this morning, and I got to the kennel's right at 4pm (I'm posting in the pets thread about the kennel).

I was really tired driving by the end, but I made it to my hotel, and crashed from 6 until now.... now in the next few days I have to buy a car, bedding, house supplies, open a bank account, order internet, tv, etc, and move in to my apt on the night of the 13th.  Really relieved I am finally here!!

My thoughts. Do not jump into buying a car until you have been there for a week or so and had a look around. You undoubtedly need 'wheels' at the get go so see about renting a car for this period or if you can save money by doing so go the Ride Share route.

The best of British luck to you.

It would be nice to have the luxury of waiting, but my dog is in quarantine 45 minutes from Leeds, and most of the cars I'm looking at are a bit out of leeds as well.  My apt is near the uni, but I still need a car for the other things, and renting adds up.  I've been stalking auto trader for weeks now though, so I think I have a pretty good idea...

Glad you made it,glad you drove ok,and your dog looks content now.  Though I can imagine she had quite a shock- flying-moving-all these strange people and faces-and not you around at all! She must have been over the moon to see you