While it is true that I helped someone move yesterday, I did not wind up with an upside-down dresser on my head. I'm not even certain how I could have accomplished such a thing.

The experience has resulted in at least a couple of things I want to have when next I move or help someone move:

1. A doorstop. Some doors will play nice and just stay open for you. Others will not. A simple rubber doorstop would have been beneficial at times in this instance.

2. Additional dollies. Not, you know, fairy dolls. People who can cast that spell and/or variations of it don't come cheap. I'm talking about a dolly with wheels. We had one that came with the rental van, two would've been better. Of course, we were lucky enough to not have to deal with stairs.

3. A transporter from Star Trek. I wouldn't set foot in one of those things, but I'd have no reservations about beaming around heavy furniture.

4. A trained pit bull to guard everything. There were moments when I was a stand-in pit bull, and my growling is not nearly menacing enough.

5. A catapult. A bit risky, especially when I've already got a transporter, but FUN, dammit. The downside is that it will be infinitely more difficult to one day get one's security deposit back, so this one's reserved for helping other people move.

That list now complete, I intend to sleep so my aching bones can make some manner of story comic tomorrow. I may be a bit out of it, so don't be surprised if all the text is backwards or something.