Get a drink and a snack and strap in. This is going to be a long and bumpy ride.
So, this all started last week, on Wed. I picked up the keys, went home for a load of things, and the cable guy called - he was there early because of an earlier cancellation. Fine, I head over while DH is still loading his truck. Find out the place is FILTHY. The carpets haven't been cleaned, everything is gritty with dust, and the broken window hasn't been replaced. Cable guy starts hooking things up while I start calling the property manager to get things DONE.
Cable guy ends up pulling cable through every room of the house to get a decent signal. But he's fine, everything works.
Power and water show up as scheduled and turn on their services. YAY! Same with Orkin, guy shows up and does our bi-monthly pest spraying.
DH brings me some cleaning supplies and I wipe down the kitchen and bathrooms while waiting on this, that, and the other.
Property manager gets the handyman out, who gets a window replacement company out to measure the window and a carpet cleaner called, who can come out that evening. Great.
You'll notice I didn't mention the gas company. Turns out they need 5 working days notice. Which I had found out on Mon, and they couldn't be out til 3/29. Fine, whatever. We'll make do, we're still in the old house through 3/31. Except, come Mon the 29th, we don't have gas at the new place. When we call on Tues (didn't learn this til too late Mon to call) we find out there's something wrong with DH's SSN in the system, and they sent us an e-mail so we could fix it. I ask which e-mail, and it's mine. Uh, no. Never got an e-mail from them. We get it straightened out, and they can come out Wed, anytime after 7am. That's it. No better time frame. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Anyway, back to last Wed.
I get Kirin from school and we wait for and meet the carpet cleaners. They did an AMAZING job. So amazing, in fact, that I take down their # so we can call them for our move out cleaning at the old place.
Thurs we get the U-Haul and the movers come. Except the movers get lost trying to find us and show up 2 hours late. But they were really great, and it was so nice to not have to do any heavy lifting. While they and DH load the truck, I run loads with my car, then pick up Kirin from school. We unload the truck into the house, and get the boxes placed where they will eventually be unpacked and stay. Great.
Fri.... I can't remember Fri. Either I've blocked it out, or that was one of the few days nothing major happened. Same goes for Sat. Other than a few runs back and forth, and lots of packing, I think things went well those days.
Sun, DH came to help me work. That was kind of funny.
Also, Sat and Sun, my friend Kelli took Kirin for us, which made things so much easier. We got so much cleaning and packing done. THANK YOU!
One of those nights, while cleaning, I did the inside of the oven door with Easy-Off. Got some on the linoleum. Ended up with HUGE dark brown and black spots. Thought it was burned, and the linoleum was toast. Searched the internet, found out that bleach and elbow grease would get it up. Started soaking and scrubbing, and it was coming up, but slowly. Added a Magic Eraser and BAM! Suddenly, it all came up SO much easier. Linoleum was saved. YAY!
Monday, more packing. Kirin's on Spring Break, and DH has to go out to site. DH takes Kirin, I go to work and get 2 stores done. More packing, and realizing that there's no gas at the new house. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
Tues, deal with gas company, pack, do a store, deal with gas company, pack, clean, sleep. Somewhere in here, we realize that they've turned the gas off at the old house. Because of the SSN issue, we can't get gas at the new house, but they can turn it off?
Whatev.
Wed. 3/31 Last day to clean out old house. Need to turn in keys. Only day to meet friend for Spring Break fun. Pedi's scheduled for 2pm. Gas guy coming - sometime. DH breaking down old garage shelves and doing dump runs. Need to grab stuff and clean last stuff at old house. VERY busy day.
Leave at 10 am to meet friend so kids can play at park. Haven't heard from gas guy yet. Get to park, it's windy and cold. Gas guy calls, miss it, leaves message, but no call back number. I apologize to friend, get in the car, all while on hold with gas co to find out what's going on. Turns out, it's our half-hour head's up, gas guy should be meeting me at the house by the time I get there. No one's at the house. I start sorting out the stuff for my next store while waiting. After almost an HOUR I call the gas co back to find out what's going on. They say he's probably been called on an emergency, and who knows when he's coming. He showed about 10 mins later, but sits in his truck for like, 5 mins for no apparent reason. I start taking things out to my car, to signal him that I can't/don't want to wait any longer. He comes in, does his thing, and we find out that the new dryer doesn't work. He checked all the fittings and connections, he can hear the gas flowing, but the dryer won't heat. So I call the prop manager on the way to the old house - I have time to do a little cleaning before the pedis. He says he'll call the handyman and get it taken care of.
Oh, and the power and water are off at the old place, so DH needs his generator to do his take down. I take it to him, but then he needs special oil to mix with the gas to run the thing, and the gas station doesn't carry it anymore, so he has to go to WalMart. Which means I have to take Kirin to the salon with me. Not a huge deal, but not the plan, either. Enjoy the HELL out of my massage - mostly cuz I'm sitting for half an hour with no worries! LOL Friend agrees to come help finish if I'll drive her home. NO PROBLEM. We chat and clean and get done! So does DH. Get the keys back on time. Drive friend to the furthest depths of Henderson, while enjoying a nice chat. Best time of the last week.
Get home. Deep breath. Get computer out. Watch tv. Do normal things and ignore the boxes. Kirin starts screaming - there's a scorpion on her foot. It doesn't sting her, but DH is FREAKED. So, we go up the street to a hotel for the night. They have a pool that's open til midnight, so we go across the street to WalMart for swimsuits (as ours are in boxes only God knows where). We swam and enjoyed the hot tub for a bit, then go to bed watching turkey callers on Letterman. Slept so hard, when my alarm went off at 4 am I couldn't make sense of it (migraine meds).
Enjoy wonderful HOT shower, come home, and go to work. I am so tired, and sore, and BLAH. Work sucks. My hands hurt so much from all the scrubbing I've done for the last week that I can barely hold my screwdriver. Getting down on the floor for the sticker and any low shelved products is MURDER.
Still haven't heard from the handyman about the dryer. I need clean clothes but do not have time for a laundromat. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. I have one more store to do and I DREAD it. DH called an exterminator who will be out tomorrow to take care of the scorpions. He's got GREAT reviews online.
I can't deal anymore. I need to cry or something, but don't have the energy. The only nice thing is that now, I can sit and watch tv, I have a comfortable bed waiting for me, and I had a real dinner. A wonderful friend brought us a meal over. It is seriously FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC to be normal. To watch tv, To play on the computer. And to eat something that didn't come out of a paper wrapper and a drive-thru.
I'm surrounded by boxes, but they can wait. I am not ready to unpack. If I can get my way, I'm seriously not getting out of bed on Sat. Seriously.
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