Moving = STRESS

OMG! I've had the absolute WORST moving experience I've ever had! I have moved to apartments, etc 19 times in the past 20 years. I only know because I figured it our recently. ANYWAY, I made sure the boxes were all CLEARLY marked on EVERY side except the bottom, numbered the boxes & kept track of what was in each & even put signs on the doors telling the "movers" where the boxes were to go. The "movers" were my DH & my BF DH....they paid no attention to where the boxes went. They literally just dumped them ALL OVER THE NEW HOUSE! When I saw what they did, I was PISSED! I was however too tired to complain. I did appreciate the help...but I will NEVER let MEN make a trip to a new house WITHOUT me going with them.

Let start from the beginning shall we?

First the closing date omn the sale of our house changed THREE times! Okay, I can deal with that.

Next we call Budget moving trucks to confirm our reservation the night before....they say no problem. When we call to ask them if we could pick up our truck an hour later....due to circumstances beyond our control, they say they received a fax from us CANCELING our truck. In the same conversation they claim to have received an E-MAIL canceling as well. Here we are thinking that we have no moving truck on moving day. One hour later I call, & ask them if they have ANYTHING available....they say if we can get there within an hour they have a 15 foot truck. We get there in 20 minutes. We originally had a 25 foot truck reserved.

Our 12 hour move turned into a 24 hour move for DH & I. It took us THREE round trips of 110 miles instead of the two we planned on because of the 15 foot truck. Needless to say, we were getting punchy.

Our realtor STILL has to tell us which two rooms we are to paint. The telephone installation took the phone company SIX hours to complete. Our new home was SUPPOSED to have been cleaned by a cleaning crew...they never showed up. I had to do it instead. That was no small task as the inside of our house was covered in overspray, plaster, nails, SUNFLOWER SEEDS! Come on WTF already!

In addition to everything (I haven't even listed all of the problems), both of the girls & myself have all come down with nasty head colds. This morning I wake up to find ANTS coming into our new place & getting into the pets food bowls. I will be so BEYOND glad to turn the keys over to the new owners so I can unpack & make our new home livable.

At least our new neighbors are nice!

I need to go & do some laundry while I am cleaning our soon to be "old"house. I just want to get the "F***" out of here! I will miss my neighbors here in CB, but I won't miss the stress this move has caused me.