There will be waiting

This morning I finally figured out one of the two big financial pickles. I now have a great and easy plan. The other financial pickle = what if the house doesn't sell quickly enough. I'm hoping to get some insight into that tomorrow.

And then it will be waiting. Waiting for someone to die or move to assisted care. You know that the marketing folks at Timber Ridge have a spreadsheet... Ethel wasn't looking too perky last week, Jim's blood pressure has been really high recently, that 3rd heart attack is coming after Debbie any minute... with percentages - gone before December - 75%. I mean they have to, right?

If Ethel is in my preferred apartment and kicks today, her family has a month to empty out her apartment. I don't know if I get to look and make my selection before then but say no. That means mid-October. Say, it's perfect and I say yes, then it will be, they say, 90 days +/- before I can move in. Part of that will be busy with furniture buying and decorating but still, that takes me to mid-January. And then what if it snows that day and I have to wait some more????

This is the loop that my brain is in now. I want to ping Ethel and see how she's feeling.

But now I want to get this house sorted. I want all the stuff I'm going to take with me moved into the bedroom closets or on a list or marked with tape. And then everything else can be bunched together for removal - now or later.

Once all that is done, I'll be in a better mind frame to wait for Ethel to do her part.

At least I have a plan and I'm marching that plan.

Meanwhile, Julio has forgiven me. He hopped up this morning for breakfast and got very near my hands without worrying about it. Whew. I told him he does not have to wear a collar if he doesn't want to. Ever. That may be a lie but works for now.

4 refrigerators?

Plus, that armoire is stuffed + the treadmill + laser printer.

When I talked to the hauler people they told me to think in terms of refrigerators. 4 refrigerators is 1/2 truck. I don't think they meant restaurant walk ins. I think I have exceeded 4 refrigerators.

But, it's all there now. All of everything I want them to haul. Fingers crossed they don't balk at any of it.

I am not a good waiter

It's now 1:40. My window is 12-2. I'm ready. I've played enough solitaire on my phone to last a lifetime. So I decided to look up reviews of the hauler which I should have done before I hired them. There was the one obligatory whiner and the rest were five stars.

Yo, dudes, I am waiting to give you another 5 star review...

Come and get it!

Now, THAT was satisfying

They were supposed to call 30 mins before they got here. No call. 2:15 Not a peep. I called and went through their stupid telephone tree again and was told they would be in touch soon.

They weren't. I used the time to add the second 'these people suck' review on Google.

Then I found another option with an opening tomorrow 4-6 so I signed up for it.

BUT THEN when I went back to check something, I saw that now there was an opening today from 4-6 so I called and begged for it.

"Sure, No Problem. We'll be there." Plus they are locally owned. The other outfit was a franchise of a national company and no way to contact the local guys.

So now it's back to waiting... Glad my schedule isn't tight!

Oh and the other place's website would not let me cancel because my job was "ended". I stand by my review. Oh and I also broke my self imposed twitter ban to bitch about them there, too. Don't fuck with me you dickwads.

And now it is done

I did get a voice mail (my phone did not ring) from the original guys 1 hour and 45 minutes after their window ended and 45 minutes after they got here. The voice mail said they would be here in 10 minutes. It cracked me up.

I also got a response to my review. They told me to call them so they could fix. They have my number, if they want to fix, they can call me. But, I sure hope they do not.

The outfit who said they would be here between 4 and 6 today were here at 4:07. They were completely done at 4:45 and charged me less than they estimated originally.

Whew. I already wrote their review. I was sorry I didn't have more stars to give.