What a looooooong weekend.
Started Friday by closing on the house. Sign this, and this, and this, and this, and this......
Got the keys and started installing blinds. Just as I figured, the blinds needed to be cut. Took a trip to Home Depot to get a saw - sweet, one for $89. Crap, they only have blades for cutting aluminum in 12" - ok, $200 saw it is.
Go back, install blinds. Now, either there was metal lining the studs, or I was going through nails, but whatever it was, it made drilling difficult and wore out my shoulders. (It was only a 7V drill) Cut the blinds to length - feeling really good about myself - and then I found out the wrong way to cut blinds. Only ruined 1 set. The others went fine, but took until 8pm to finish - had to wait 3 hours for the drill to recharge.
More.......
Cable and phone went in alright - but they didn't bury the cables. Now I'll have to bug them until they get that done. Got my recycle and trash bins. Also brought the kitties to meet their new home. As usual, they figure getting into the car meant going to the vet, so they were very upset.
Saturday - move day. The movers got in late. Found out one of the pair was lazy and dragged his ass. I think I only saw him make maybe 5 trips - leaving the other guy to do most of the work. He even took the TV by himself, and sliced his finger on a staple carry the couch. After a little break trying to sterilize and patch up his finger, he kept on going. Movers moved the stuff, and left, and then I finished up. I made so many trips up and down the stairs that I couldn't walk after it was finished. The new bath tub came in very handy.
Sunday - I slept in. Ate, watched Harry Potter (I get free HBO and Showtime for 2 months), then did some grocery shopping, as I had no food - and needed to get T-day stuff. Rembered (again) why I don't do my shopping at Kroger. By the time I got home, it was already after 6, which killed any thoughts of going to the old place and clean up. Guess that'll have to wait for Friday and Saturday.
Now, I've got boxes everywhere, and my stuff nowhere. I don't know where the majority of my stuff is, which made getting ready for work interesting - trying to find where my toothpaste is, then where's that stupid toothbrush??! Man, where did I put my shirts? Where's my ID???!?!?!
I hope to have at least the kitchen (somewhat) organized in the next few days, so I can do T-day.
Oh, and got pix and avi - had a really really hard time getting avi's, so I only took the two, and took pictures the rest. Since the sun made things difficult, had to take the pictures such that they didn't turn out washed out.
Posted by haglund at November 25, 2002 10:31 AM