And Rainier has given us a guestimate if we go back to somewhere on the west coast of about $2,000 - $3,000 more than the original quote of $7,500 (depending on where we were going), and Iowa would be $1,500 to $2,000 more. (Mostly the added cost of trucking.) We had gotten some Ikea flatpack stuff here, with the thought that we'd break it back down to ship to wherever we went next. I'm thinking it'd be cheaper to just replace it at the other end, now. And to jettison most of what we've bought here as well. We had always planned to leave the living room stuff and the kitchen stuff, which we got on uber-clearance, behind as our landlord participates in a scheme where they will take it and give it to super low-income people that live in their other properties.
I'm still hoping we get to stay and that things work out for the Daughter. I certainly hadn't thought it'd cost us twice to ship our "stuff" back than it did to get it here! Oh, well. This time the Daughter pays for shipping her stuff, rather than us just splitting the cost, if it comes down to that. Most of the "big" stuff is hers.