On the clothing-in-drawers issue, it might be worth your while to call the moving company and ask.

I seem to recall that I was told it was fine to leave stuff in, and what that particular team did was pull the drawers, move the furniture, put the drawers back in in the van, and strap them round to keep them closed after covering with moving blankets. Something like that. This was some years ago and practices could well vary from one place to another though.


ETA: timestamp confusion! too late, I hope it all went out with the least stress possible!