# Holy craaaaap! It's official, imma do this crazy thing! (Purple Is Moving!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259 "2020-01-11T03:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/21 "2020-01-11T23:42:35Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > The voice of a mover, it’s my job and I’ve seen some drivers try to pull some spectacular stuff. Oh my goodness. That’s VERY hard work! ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/22 "2020-01-11T23:55:10Z")
Best of luck! Speaking as a SoCal native who moved to Boston for 8 years and only moved back because of a boy, you can adapt to winter. Be shameless with the layers and the puffy coat; whatever it takes to feel comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/23 "2020-01-12T03:00:19Z")
I lived and worked in East Lansing for three years. If you ever go there eat and drink at the Harrison Roadhouse, and for used books go to Curious Books. Both are on Michigan Avenue close by the university. I liked it there but came home to take another job. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/24 "2020-01-12T14:38:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh my goodness. That’s VERY hard work! It’s not as hard as people think, but it will keep you in shape. It’s the weather really that makes the job sucky. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/25 "2020-01-12T17:22:43Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > The voice of a mover, it’s my job and I’ve seen some drivers try to pull some spectacular stuff. We almost shipped a car using what turned out to be shady mover, must’ve been contracted out to Igor the ass crack flasher who had no tie downs or bumpers or cloth none whatsoever and kept trying to nice guy us in his native tongue to just put the car in the truck. FIred his asscrack on the spot. shudder to think of the aftermath if we let him take us for a ride. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/26 "2020-01-12T17:40:34Z")
My Mom is from Michigan,I lived in Detroit in the 70s. The best part of Michigan IMHO is the North. Cousins and nephew up that way. Traverse City is beautiful. Good food too. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/27 "2020-01-12T17:44:43Z")
Best of luck, **purple**. Keep us in mind if you need help; there are a lot of dopers all around the country. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/28 "2020-01-12T21:43:10Z")
So happy you bit the bullet and decided to up and go!! And definitely keep us posted, please. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/29 "2020-01-13T14:14:09Z")
If it gets too cold, remember, you have tea to warm you up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/30 "2020-01-13T14:34:34Z")
Best of luck to you! We are likely embarking on a really crazy move sometime soon as well. Can’t say anything until it’s for sure, but I anticipate a thread of my own in the next couple of weeks. Michigan really is lovely - I hope you find that cute little home. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/31 "2020-01-13T14:59:56Z")
Grand Rapids is great… if you like friendly, caring people (What? It can get annoying at times). My tiny daughter announced _“I like living here!”_ We, very relieved that we’d chosen wisely, asked why. _“Because we can always drive to a real city!”_ She meant Chicago… you’ll be [three hours from the Loop!](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Grand+Rapids,+MI/Chicago+Loop,+Chicago,+IL/@42.2738505,-87.7779283,8z) (you’ll have so much fun at the parks and museums you’ll forget about driving through Gary) I’m sure you’ve done your research and you know you’ll have good museums in GR, too (they have their own Rodin and a big-ass Calder downtown). Look up Art Prize and Calvin College galleries, too. Oh, the Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has art and a tropical conservatory. But those people… watch out, within a month your local bartender is going to be asking whether your aunt got over the flu (spoiler: he prayed for her, but hopefully has the decorum not to mention that). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/32 "2020-01-13T15:10:14Z")
Purple, This is a good time in your life to try living in various parts of the country. Spend a year or two in Michigan and then decide if you want to try another state. You’ll eventually find the right place and situation. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/33 "2020-01-13T15:14:33Z")
Wow! This is fantastic! Good luck to you in all your adventures! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/34 "2020-01-15T06:55:21Z")
Oh, wow. Y’all are sweet. Also OH SHIT THEY’RE GONNA BE HERE IN TWO DAYS how is there still more stuff to box up, and man, am I sore & tired. The usual. It’s looking suspiciously like I may have sufficient boxes, which is never actually the case. I’ve moved - literally - over 15 times in my life, and in much the same was as a cat always being on the wrong side of a closed door, there are somehow never quite enough boxes no matter how many you’ve stockpiled and towards Go Time every move you wind up stuffing shit into trash bags and pillowcases. Ha! I deliberately didn’t pack all my pillowcases yet for just that reason. 🙂 Well, also, they make dandy cushioning for breakable stuff. Still. Maybe I have enough boxes? Nah, probably just jinxed myself. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/35 "2020-01-15T13:25:07Z")
Having just completed a move, I had plenty of boxes, they just weren’t the right size. And I ran out of packing for my fragile favorites. Also, having just completed a move, I now have WAY TOO MANY EFFING BOXES!!! Hrmpf. Sorry. Clutter overload. And a husband who won’t read what what written on a box when he’s looking for something, he just opens and rummages and then swears and leaves a trail of destruction. Sending Easy Moving Day vibes! ~~~~~ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/36 "2020-01-15T15:48:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > OH SHIT THEY’RE GONNA BE HERE IN TWO DAYS how is there still more stuff to box up I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/37 "2020-01-18T18:02:02Z")
Well, they’re carting out the last of my crap right now. The room full of plastic storage tubs that turned out to be full of live rodents (and therefore _not_ part of their cargo) will probably be the talk of the dinner table for each crew member. I’ve never had ppl disassemble and move my crap for me before … an expensive luxury, but one I could get accustomed to having! Now I gotta wrap up some stuff: gotta clean (or hire cleaners) and call the utilities for shutoff, take my car to be checked, etc. With the holiday Monday, it’s likely that I would be leaving Wedn. earliest. Then it’s a two day drive to with a midpoint stop in Joplin. 8 hrs before and after. After the nonstop packing, I am absolutely exhausted anyway. So a few days for errands and, well, assorted adulting is fine by me. But now . ? I get a cpl days to play w my ratties (since I do need to sell off as many as I can, and move the rest into small travel containers) and believe it or not, a legit reason to do nothing but futz around with my critters is something I’m really looking forward to! [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200118/99d6b714b00e029342f3e7e47a5dcaec.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200118/99d6b714b00e029342f3e7e47a5dcaec.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/38 "2020-01-18T20:35:47Z")
Wow! It’s real now, isn’t it?? I hope all goes smoothly for you! Enjoy the drive, too! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/39 "2020-01-18T23:31:04Z")
Annnd, the midwest just had a nice, white dump of snow for you. Looks beautiful, but it’s slippery. Load your phone up with good books (or rent them from Cracker Barrels along the way), and drive carefully! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259/40 "2020-01-19T00:07:21Z")
Purple, I am wishing the best in your new life in Michigan. Grand Rapids is a good area, and be sure to check out Holland. However, beware of lake-effect snow. Let us know how you like your new digs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-craaaaap-its-official-imma-do-this-crazy-thing-purple-is-moving/846259.md?page=3)