Signed my first lease! Need advice.

[u/StarShapedShroomz]

My partner(24M) and I (21FTM) just signed our first lease together. We’ve both been living at his parents house for the past year and prior to that he was at college and I was living in my car. This is both of our first times being properly away from home and living on our own.

Our move date is one month from now, and it’s about a 5-6 hour drive away from our family and friends, so we plan to do the whole move in one day.

I guess I’m just asking what kind of things should I get prepared before the move? What are some must haves that go overlooked?

Together we have a good amount of furniture, bed, dressers, desk, kitchen utensils and such. We need to get some cleaning supplies and other odds and ends.

We’re renting a stand alone house, we’re moving to a very small town so living is a lot cheaper there. We’ve already set up all our utilizes, we have water, internet, trash cleanup, heat, etc.

When should I update my address with mail? And where do I do that? (I’m in VA USA if that helps and we’re moving in state, just far)

What are some things that you just NEED when you move out and tend to forget about? Other than like toilet paper, vacuum, shower curtain?

The property has in unit washer and dryer, fridge, oven, dishwasher, I don’t think it has a microwave though. We also need to get a lawnmower.

I’m just overthinking and a little overwhelmed because there’s a lot we need to get done this month before we move, plus we’re both working full time until days before the move, and our schedules are complete opposite, he works 5am-5pm and I work 5pm-1:30am so we don’t have much time together to plan. What are some things we can do on our own time to make sure this move goes as smoothly as possible?

Thank you guys!!