Moving

College students move more than army wives.  Do you realize that you will move at least twice a year for at least the next four years of your life, and possibly many more if you have a hard time finding a job?  Realize it, homey.

Now, you might be like, "Whatever, I live in a dorm room, there isn't that much stuff in here."
Yes, yes there is.
As soon as you move into a dorm room, your stuff stops being a solid and becomes liquid.  However much room you have, that is how much stuff you have - and if you have extra room, then your stuff will expand to fill that space.  If you want proof, open the top drawer of your desk.  Is it so full of stuff that it resembles a tetris board?  Yep, I win.

This means that even though you live in a space smaller than most doghouses, you still own more stuff than a magpie.  Actually, no, that is exactly what you are: a very studious, hipster magpie.  Anyway, when it comes to moving, you have to figure out how to transport all of your krap from college to home and then back to college again.  Here's how to do so.

*Note: I will now assume that you go to an out-of-state school*

Divid your stuff into two teams: Team Staying Here, and Team Going Home.  Team Staying Here consists of all the krap that you don't need/want at home.  Your microwave, fridge, winter wardrobe, dorm furniture, posters, school supplies, books, and garden gnomes are all examples of things that belong to Team Staying Here.  If it helps you, you can think of these Teams as straight and gay, or as Jacob and Edward.  That doesn't help me, but hey, to each his own.

Now take Team Staying Here and find three or four other people who have their own Team Staying Heres.  Pile all of your Teams into one pick-up (it helps if one of the other people has a pick-up) and drive the pick-up to a storage center.  You are all going to split the cost of a pod/storage room/similar storage thing.  Make sure that ALL of your stuff is labeled with your name (maybe you want to mark the floor with painter's tape so it is very clear whose Team is whose).  Pay for the pod up front so that you all pay the same and someone doesn't disappear and never pay their part when school starts in a few months.

Team Going Home should now be packed in rubber maids or sturdy cardboard boxes and, again, labeled with your name.  Make sure that the stuff you are bringing home fits in your car/that you can afford to ship it.  Pack the things that you will need up until the last minute in a suitcase so that you have easy access to them.  Make one final trip to the storage center when you realize that your garden gnomes should really be in Team Going Home because you can't live without them.

Now you are a moving pro.  Look at you, you studious, organized, hipster magpie.  Rock it.