The move in a timeline

Tuesday April 8th the movers showed up at about 9am to start packing the library, by this point we had labeled all furniture, most shared equipment and I'd cleaned the model shop out (crazy huge undertaking!) and the archive room was getting there.


Wednesday April 9 the movers finished up packing the library and started on things that were boxed and ready, I spent a large chunk of my day here at the new office with the locksmith, the general contractor and Matthew (our designer)


Thursday April 10 the movers packed Louise and Theresa's spaces and ATTEMPTED to deliver the first bit of stuff before the contractor was ready for them. I spent a large amount of time on the phone with two grown men smoothing out the situation. oh the fun. oh the humanity of it all... Denise came in from Spokane and we boxed the kitchen, boxed the supplies, finished the paper storage, just busted tail!


Friday April 11, drop day as we called it. I started my morning at the new building with the locksmith, then to meet Cori to help with the "Nathan Project" then to the Pioneer Square office THEN back to the old office to get people whatever they needed to box, label, throw out, recycle, you name it we were on our toes! The movers were there all day and at about 4pm we had our office champagne toast to the old place and onto new challenges, ideas and creativity! We then kicked the staff out and started MOVING! Habitat for Humanity showed up right before 5 to take all of the task chairs and tables and desks that they wanted (man they took a TON of stuff!) the movers set up a ramp from the upper floor down and I stayed at the old location with Tom and Brian and we were there to help with anything left that hadn't gotten labels, etc. We closed up shop at 9pm and I came home, very very tired (Just ask Keith who had to get me to bed after passing out on the couch)


Saturday April 12, I made it to the old office at about 7:45 a full 15 minutes early and the movers were there waiting for me! We got cracking immediately and Tom and Alfredo and William met me there about 9am, we headed up and got some breakfast at Lowells, one last time in the market! Beautiful day! we headed back down very full and supervised (which means running through the place with three rolls of labels on your arm labeling anything that was missed and making sure that nothing ends up in the trash that isn't supposed to. The movers suprised us at 11am by saying We're Done! so off to the new building we all went.


I made it to the new building and worked for a hour or so before we all knocked off for lunch, total fun bonding experience with the principals and Denise. We headed back and started unpacking, cleaning desks and tables, putting together the kitchens (yes now I have TWO!) and getting the place ready for staff! We kept at it until about 8pm when we all were just dead on our feet. I made it home in time to rest a bit before Keith and Mikayla got home from father daughter date night (more on that later) and when they got home Keith again had to get me off the couch and to bed.


Sunday April 13th, Larry was here at the new space finishing up lamps and making sure things were in the right place so I came here to help him finish. We were here until about 11:30 when I had to head to the old office to meet the junk hauler. They showed up and started GUTTING the place, all of the recycling, all of the left over furniture and chairs and about 400 old cubical walls (well I'm exaggerating but there was a TON!) Brian and Chris were there taking out the old pendant lamps and replacing them with Ikea jobbies they found (they looked amazing!) and the cleaning crew started their stuff. I took off at 1pm to run up and get Mikayla and we made it back at just after 2pm thinking we'd only be there for another hour. Well, 4 hours later at 6pm the junk haulers were finally done with everything and we headed north for Keith's game!


Monday April 14th, the first morning in the new office! We started with a staff meeting where we were all asked to use the utmost of patience and excellence in getting settled in and then I got to lead a staff tour of our new home! It was so much fun to show off all of the new things, self flushing toilets, new breakroom, new mailing center, new workstations, it was just so fun, the staff was so excited!


They all have been unpacking and getting to their work and today I'm at the reception desk filling in and getting the best views today! We look right at the Grand Central Bakery covered in Ivy, Laguna Pottery and Occidental Park. it's just a great spot!