Overcoming Moving Blues

Moving sucks, even if you're super excited about finding a new place and having a fresh start.

It's that ugly task of being inconvenienced from the moment you start packing to the first few weeks of settling in - which usually takes a few months anyway.

So beside the sticky tape wars and bickering with your partner over whose packed more boxes, here are some insights to make packing and moving a little more interesting.

1. Open and drink your wine stash - you're celebrating remember! This way everyone is cheerful and you'll have a treasure hunt when you move in. You wouldn't be able to recall where you packed your headphones or that shoe polish kit, it will be a surprise every time you open a box, like a little gift of joy awaiting you. You will also have less to pack cause the wine bottles will be empty.

2. Come up with unique packing labels. Be as cryptic as possible (this works well with point one) for example instead of saying "rolling pin, mixing bowl and grannies recipe book" one could write "diary of a master chef, husband beater and bowl of loving memories"- same thing different description. Jenna there's a box called "Jenna's hard tack" - its got all our whiskey

and mixers in it! Its an added bonus because the moving company won't understand it either so they can't steal your stuff!

3. Often one forgets the concept of time and before you know it it's 1am. To keep track of your sanity and sleep hours take regular breaks and nap as often as possible. While its not healthy to disrupt your sleep patterns sleep is good. I say move a box, take a nap. Pack a box, take a nap. Balance!

4. When deciding who does the packing careful consideration needs to be taken into account. For example: if a hypothetical man had 22 hypothetical pairs of shoes his hypothetical girlfriend who has 5 pairs of shoes should most definitely be the designated packer. In being head packer she should have the power to surrender at least 11 pairs of hardly worn or totally over worn, tattered shoes (kept by said boyfriend for sentimental reasons) to charity without being tackled and pinned to the couch. Just saying.

5. Finally - the best way to make the most out of your move is to take lots of photos. Send them to your friends and family while you pack - this helps make them feel bad for not offering to help and gains sympathy credit from your boss on days you're late for work. Take shots of the neighbours cat wandering into your house, your boyfriend stuck in sticky tape, and having a great time eating whipped cream out of your fridge at 3 am.

These are what good times are made of, it will also help figure out how point 1 and 2 managed to get you so confused and offer clues back to your lost items.

For the most part I found this recipe for overcoming the moving blues has helped me tremendously. As far as figuring out what constitutes grounds for divorce, I'll leave that up to you to decide.