The move went very well. There were two casualties - a bookcase and a lamp, but the lamp wasn't the fault of the movers, and the bookshelf was a $50.00 ShopKo special about 4 years ago, so it was probably on its way out anyway.
If you're in the market for a moving company, I highly recommend Two Men and a Truck - they were extremely nice, exceptionally professional, and very quick.
Bryan and I both started our new jobs today, after over two weeks off. In a way, I was sad to go back to work, but I was also pretty excited. In the two-plus weeks since I left my old job, NOTHING has been normal. At least I'll have some sense of normalcy and routine back in my life now, despite the load of as-yet-unpacked boxes in the condo.
Despite being about 150 square feet smaller than the old place, having one less bedroom than the old place, and having no garage, I MUCH prefer this place to where we were. It's nice and cozy here. We took the smaller bedroom as our bedroom, so we can have the larger bedroom for the office - now that I actually have a hobby, and it's a hobby that takes up space, this will be a good thing. The bed is up against a wall, but I don't mind. I actually like it that way, because then all my pillows don't end up on the floor.
We're also on the ground floor now, and our cars are no more than 50 feet from our door. The building we're in is tucked back in a wooded corner of the complex, and I've seen squirrels on our patio. We have a washer and a dryer in the kitchen - no more laundromat, no more making a $20.00 withdrawal at the bank and asking for it in two rolls of quarters!
We have a huge storage closet right off the kitchen that we're using as a pantry, which our neighbor has christened "the meth lab."
And speaking of our neighbor, we have a friendly neighbor!! I almost shit myself when he and his lady knocked on the door and introduced themselves on Easter night (when we were sitting on camping chairs in the empty place, eating pizza with some friends). He's been over a few more times since then, and he's really cool. He and Bryan have a lot in common, too. Score!
All in all, we're quite happy so far.