Why is it always 95 degrees on Moving Day?

Has anyone else ever noticed that it somehow manages to always be 95 degrees and 90% humidity on summer days when you are moving? On Sunday we moved Jenni out of her apartment in Baltimore and, of course, it was ridiculously hot and humid.

This bears the second of this 2-part question: "Why do moving vans never have functioning AC?" That's right. Not only did we spend all morning moving (with the gracious help of Jenni's friend from the lab, Dan) and sweating our collective butts off, but I had the privilege of riding all the way from Baltimore to Chicago in a 14-foot U-Haul with no air conditioning! Thankfully we drove mostly at night, but I think I suffered some permanent hearing loss from having the windows open the whole 700 miles! We made it with 3 stops and in about 11 hours, which is pretty close to our record considering the 3 stops we made is 2 more than usual. Not bad for a cruise-control-less, AC-less 14-foot beast loaded with junk. Driving one of those gas-guzzlers made me REALLY appreciate our Hybrid cars. I would put 100 bucks worth of gas into the truck and Jenni would put 15 dollars-worth into the Prius! SHEEEESH! How do these SUV-drivers afford groceries? We finally got to bed at 3:30 am and here I am at work trying to stay awake after consuming a diet high in protein bars, beef jerky, and diet coke. This morning when I got out of bed I actually felt drunk. It was like getting off a boat after spending a week at sea. My land legs had not recovered from the bouncing of the truck (either that or my inner ears are still recovering from the percussion of the wind blowing into the truck for 11 hours straight)

This is, of course, all in preparation for our BIG MOVE on August 12th. We're trying to consolidate everything into Jenni's parents' garage to help streamline the primary move, but of course, today's weather here in Chicago is supposed to be 99 degrees for a high, and we still have a truck loaded-up with Jenni's stuff from her apartment that is needing to be unloaded.

So, if you're in Chitown and looking for a way to burn calories the morning of August 12th, drop us a line. The more help the merrier!