We let the movers take almost all of our personal things with them, but had a few things that we wanted to or needed to take with us. Leading up to the move, we tried to minimize what we would take with us as much as possible, knowing that space would be limited in our small car. Still, after the movers left, I realized that we had a lot of stuff in our possession. I wanted to load the trunk with everything that we wouldn't need until we arrived in Seattle so that we wouldn't have to open it until we got there. So, I started by loading some of our personal files, my work laptop, and some cleaners that we would want for our new place. We also loaded our suitcase full of towels and clothes that we will use at our new apartment until our stuff arrives. All of that stuff had the trunk pretty full. However, we also had a lot of blankets and bedding that we used last night and will use until our bed arrives. One of my favorite challenges is someone telling me that something "won't fit" because I have a knack and persistence for making things fit into places where it doesn't look like they can, but even I wasn't confident that we could fit all of that stuff into our trunk. After loading the blankets, there wasn't much room left for our two queen head pillows and two large body pillows. But, being that pillows are soft and compressible, I figured I'd try. I squeezed a couple in and then put the body pillows on top, but they still stuck out over the edge of the trunk and I had to pin them down so that I could get the trunk lid to close. Getting the lid to shut felt like a great feat. I'm glad we won't have to open the lid again until we get there, and hopefully the pillows will prevent everything else from moving around. Let's just hope that we don't have a flat because it would suck having to get out the spare.

The back seat is pretty full, too, but it wasn't such a struggle to get everyting to fit. We have two bags of snacks (some were gifts for the road, some were unfinished from our apartment, and some were from work), we also have a bag of camera equipment, our two duffel bags, a bag of books, a 24 pack of bottled water, a bag of other drinks, a box of makeup and two bags of dirty laundry because we failed to give it to the movers. I hope that this stuff doesn't entice smash-and-grab car burglars, but we will have to make a couple trips to bring everything into the hotel each night. I'm just glad Lesley didn't bring her wedding dress along.