...include:

• 20% of the stuff takes 80% of the time to pack. (Corollary: 20% of the stuff takes 80% of the time to unpack.)
• If it's valuable and you don't pack it yourself, it may not turn up at the other end.
• It's never wise to start a long day without either coffee or breakfast.
• Never attend a new Woody Allen flick on opening night on the Upper East Side. (Corollary: Never attend a new Woody Allen flick.)
• Better to spend a little extra money on higher-quality packing tape.
• Self checkout at Home Depot rocks. (Corollary: But only if you have the deft touch of an Indiana Jones.)
• Never attend a kid-friendly exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History during the holiday break.
• Nothing hits the spot after three days of moving like grilled cheese, fries, and a chocolate shake.
• Reversing the doors on a refrigerator is not a trivial operation, but neither is it impossible.
• Even the friendliest, least threatening of dogs can make you believe even the friendliest, least threatening of moving men, telephone technicians, and cable installers are serial killers freshly sprung from the lowest depths of hell.
• Some apartments look bigger when furnished than when empty.
• Antibiotics are more wisely acquired before the move than after.
• Friends and in-laws make everything go better.
• Sleep is good.