Have you ever seen a Pod commercial? They show a family loading or unloading a Pod. The parents are probably in their late 30s, early 40s. The two teenagers are strong, healthy and helpful. Everyone is smiling as they pick up boxes or small pieces of furniture and move them in or out of the Pod. HA! (You do hear the sarcasm in that expletive, I hope.)
Dean and I are in our 80s, moving from 4500 square feet into 406 square feet (me) and however big an AirStream is (Dean). Not your ideal commercial family. We have needed help.
Fortunately we have had the help of two families ~ both of which brought along a teenager. One came to translate to make sure his mom understood what I wanted. He pitched in and worked over and beyond that though. I didn't realize that was his function until the end of our time. I knew granddaughter Emily had come to work. She is quite the organizer. We'd open a box, I would take a look and sigh, and she would say, "we'll just take it one item at a time" and we'd go to work and rather quickly the box would be sorted and we'd be moving on.
We were supposed to work again this afternoon and the heat is just too much. Dean tells me he needs a rest. He has been doing more than I expected. All I do is sit and supervise into which pile things go.