Reader Disgression is Advised

I was told I'd be surprised what I'd find in the boxes when a moving company packs up your house. Lisa even told me "If you leave garbage out, they will pack your garbage".

So here's a few surprises I found... Halloween candy (I know, horrible mom), US stamps, Games with missing pieces, and some other things that should've been given or thrown away. Just when you think you're ready for the movers, you get your shipment and realize how much JUNK should've just been tossed.

My neighbor mentioned she opened a box with tons of papers protecting a cereal box... with only 1/2 cup of cereal left in it.

We loved our moving company. They were covered head to toe in PG-13 tattoos. We cracked jokes and ate Taco Bell most of the time. We shot the breeze a bit more than we should've, and even nicked named them "Jimmy" and "Garthy". That was over 3 months ago... I'd almost forgotten these new friends until I unpacked our boxes here in China... where another moving company, "China Tigers", helped untissue each item, and set it outside of the boxes.

All of the sudden I notice a shiny silver square wrapper in the middle of the floor, just over an inch in size. Noooooo. Of course not. I thought I threw those away before the movers got here. I specifically remember taking them out of our night stand, and putting them in the garbage before "Jimmy" and "Garthy" came.

We move on to other boxes, and lo and behold, they had carefully divided them and placed one in diverse boxes. It was useless to race to each box and find which boxes had the "hidden prize" when 10 boxes were being opened at a time. By the 3rd find, I knew Jimmy and Garth had evenly dispersed the value pack among the boxes. I was totally embarrassed and flush red. I wish I hadn't already spoken chinese with the "China Tigers" moving team. Because then one finally said "No need to be embarrassed, we're all married". I was hoping they didn't catch on to what they were. But who was I fooling, what with the One Child law they would know more about what birth control looked like than I would. So I just saved my breath and didn't even try to explain why there was one in the Kitchen box, in the Garage box, in the linen closet box, or in the Laundry room box.

So here's to Jimmy and Garthy. Good one guys. You got us. We've been Punked.

That's the benefit of GMAC sending China Tigers, rather than having the Relief Society Women's Organization from Church.