Busy busy, 8 days left to go, still so much to do. Thanks be to U-Haul for being totally useless. 7 years ago when I moved to Toronto we'd booked a trailer a month in advance and when the time came, no one anywhere near me had one available. The same may happen for this move. We won't know until 24 hours in advance. Why can't their reservation system let people enter their return date and location so that U-Haul can estimate what equipment will be where? I know things will still turn up late, but still at least there'd be the chance of knowing if you've got a shot. Not that there's much choice. I wracked 4 brains trying to find another company that rents trailers for one way moves, no such luck. If things go badly we may end up getting a rental van or something instead even though mom already paid to get a hitch installed on my brother's car. *sigh*
Then I called the local electric company in Virginia and that's all set up to go. Then I called Comcast after learning that the deal on the website has tiny print saying that you only get the special price for the first 6 months IF you also get another service at the regular price. Tricky tricky. But I'm looking to get internet and phone anyway so the possible costs per month would be better getting them through Comcast together than getting say Comcast internet and Vonage phone. I was all set to sign myself up, but then learned that they could not create my account until the tenant called in to set up a cancel date. So mom sent him an email asking him to call Comcast. We haven't heard from the tenant since before we got confirmation that he received the certified letter from mom. Dunno what's going to happen when we get there.
*Giant hugs* for my friends, R & N, whose grandfathers are still in the hospital :( More *hugs* for R, because her family there are acting like children.
<3 <3 <3 <3's for my friend, AR, whose apartment was robbed on Tuesday. Everything was taken, the TV, PS3, the computer my husband and I bought her 2 years ago including the web cam and headphones we got her last year, the external hard-drive I sent her in April, her engagement ring, and I'm sure lots of other things. :( I was robbed when I lived in Georgia back in 2000, but at least I found comfort that they were stupid fucks and by ripping things out of the walls, they broke most of the cables. I hope these bastards at least pulled some muscles!!! :<
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
I'm shocked that you're strutting..
Woke up at 6:30am to get my brother's car down to the mechanic for 8am. It needed an oil change and we wanted the mechanic to check the shocks and tell us if it could pull a trailer if we got a hitch installed. The manual says that it can take a class 2 hitch but I wasn't sure if it was in good enough condition. We went to breakfast then drove back because it was on the way home and the call forwarding we tried to set before leaving wasn't working so we'd have to go all the way home to get the message then drive all the way back.
The mechanic said that the car actually takes struts and if we wanted to replace them it would cost $400 but that they were in decent condition. So we told him we'd get them later if he thought they'd survive the trip to VA. He said they would and also that the hitch would be $550 to install. So we declined on both and went home, I spent the next hour looking up hitch prices, comparing to truck rental prices, with or without a car dolly and presented all the info to my parents.
Then we drove to my eye exam appointment. My glasses have been bent out of shape several times since I've been here and I didn't think they'd last much longer so mom decided to buy me new ones. The appointment went well, no issues, only a slight change on my prescription from 2 years ago. The doctor put several drops in and I was having a real hard time seeing afterwards. When it came time to pick the lens type and frames the girl was obviously new and trying to hard sell the expensive lenses. I was trying to ask mom what she thought because she was paying for them, but the girl kept cutting me off and telling me how great an investment they were. Mom got fed up and berated the girl, then my brother chimed in and we left.
After lunch we found a Lenscrafters half an hour from there (1 1/2 hours from the house) so we drove over and picked out some decent frames. They were having a sale on frames, $100 off, so that was ok, the frames I picked were $140. Mom chose the featherweight lenses, which were $190 but didn't have the anti-glare coating that my old ones did so it's taking some getting used to, but at least I have a non-broken pair. Lenscrafters also had a lab in the store so the glasses were ready in an hour and a half.
If the old ones had broken while I was in VA I'd have to drive to the eye place with hopefully patched enough glasses to see and then wait up to 10 business days for them. Not a pleasant thing to do, not by myself.
Mom and Dad decided tonight to get the hitch installed and book the trailer, so I'll be doing that tomorrow after the 8am meeting with the garage contractor. The weather today was supposed to be massive rains so we'd planned on doing inside chores but it ended up being a super bright, hot, muggy, foggy day but we were out for more than half of it. Dunno what else we'll have to do tomorrow but I've still got a huge list of things to get done before my move.
Thanks to my friend, C, for helping me test out the call forwarding before I left for my eye appointment today. Since we don't get cell service at all up here, we had no way to check ourselves. By the time we get down to town and have service it's too late to fix it if it doesn't work. It worked great! Definately a great feature to have out here in the sticks when it takes at least 2 hours to get anywhere and back.
Welcome back to my friend, AR, who finally has her internet turned back on after a month! And also congratulations on the internship.
*Crossing my fingers and giving hugs* for both of my friends, R & N's, grandfathers in the hospital tonight. I hope both get well soon!
*Big hugs* for my friend, D, things will get better!
The mechanic said that the car actually takes struts and if we wanted to replace them it would cost $400 but that they were in decent condition. So we told him we'd get them later if he thought they'd survive the trip to VA. He said they would and also that the hitch would be $550 to install. So we declined on both and went home, I spent the next hour looking up hitch prices, comparing to truck rental prices, with or without a car dolly and presented all the info to my parents.
Then we drove to my eye exam appointment. My glasses have been bent out of shape several times since I've been here and I didn't think they'd last much longer so mom decided to buy me new ones. The appointment went well, no issues, only a slight change on my prescription from 2 years ago. The doctor put several drops in and I was having a real hard time seeing afterwards. When it came time to pick the lens type and frames the girl was obviously new and trying to hard sell the expensive lenses. I was trying to ask mom what she thought because she was paying for them, but the girl kept cutting me off and telling me how great an investment they were. Mom got fed up and berated the girl, then my brother chimed in and we left.
After lunch we found a Lenscrafters half an hour from there (1 1/2 hours from the house) so we drove over and picked out some decent frames. They were having a sale on frames, $100 off, so that was ok, the frames I picked were $140. Mom chose the featherweight lenses, which were $190 but didn't have the anti-glare coating that my old ones did so it's taking some getting used to, but at least I have a non-broken pair. Lenscrafters also had a lab in the store so the glasses were ready in an hour and a half.
If the old ones had broken while I was in VA I'd have to drive to the eye place with hopefully patched enough glasses to see and then wait up to 10 business days for them. Not a pleasant thing to do, not by myself.
Mom and Dad decided tonight to get the hitch installed and book the trailer, so I'll be doing that tomorrow after the 8am meeting with the garage contractor. The weather today was supposed to be massive rains so we'd planned on doing inside chores but it ended up being a super bright, hot, muggy, foggy day but we were out for more than half of it. Dunno what else we'll have to do tomorrow but I've still got a huge list of things to get done before my move.
Thanks to my friend, C, for helping me test out the call forwarding before I left for my eye appointment today. Since we don't get cell service at all up here, we had no way to check ourselves. By the time we get down to town and have service it's too late to fix it if it doesn't work. It worked great! Definately a great feature to have out here in the sticks when it takes at least 2 hours to get anywhere and back.
Welcome back to my friend, AR, who finally has her internet turned back on after a month! And also congratulations on the internship.
*Crossing my fingers and giving hugs* for both of my friends, R & N's, grandfathers in the hospital tonight. I hope both get well soon!
*Big hugs* for my friend, D, things will get better!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Seeing Double Trouble
Big HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to my girl, L! Have a great day :)
Been such a busy time lately getting ready for my move. So much work to do, such a long list of chores to finish also dealing with the garage contractor and the new one I found. 12 1/2 more days to go.
My glasses are so bent and broken that it's been giving me a headache lately. I really don't want to use my birthday money to get new ones, since I'll have to live on that in Virginia until I find a job.
That's about all I have time for right now. So tired.
Been such a busy time lately getting ready for my move. So much work to do, such a long list of chores to finish also dealing with the garage contractor and the new one I found. 12 1/2 more days to go.
My glasses are so bent and broken that it's been giving me a headache lately. I really don't want to use my birthday money to get new ones, since I'll have to live on that in Virginia until I find a job.
That's about all I have time for right now. So tired.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Lowe blow
Went to sleep at 2am, woke up at 8am, took the dogs to the groomers a mile down the road. Went home picked up mom and the lawnmower then drove an hour to the Lowe's where we bought it. I had called them on Sunday and asked about getting it fixed, the girl I spoke to asked me if we'd purchased the extended warranty and I said no. She said to just bring it in and that I wouldn't need an appointment. However when we got there, I went inside to the customer service desk and the girl called another girl, Becky, and said she was about to do a return on a lawnmower. I said we didn't want to return it, just repair it.
When Becky came up to talk to me, she asked me about the warranty and when I told her we didn't have the extended plan she said they only service things on the extended warranty unless it was within 30 days of purchase. We bought it May 21st but had only used it maybe 3 or 4 times. I told her what the girl on the phone had told me and she said "oh I know who that must have been", shook her head and said "she was wrong, I'll have to speak to her about that." Then she said we should go get the mower out of the car. After we got it, she took the receipt and went to talk to her manager. He came out and said there was nothing they could do for us. I explained that we had been told to bring it in and that we live an hour away. So he went back inside and when he came back he said they could either send it out for us, which would take at least a week plus whatever time was needed to fix it and send back, or they would exchange it. So we got it exchanged. Since I hadn't planned on needing to exchange it I hadn't brought all the parts like the bagger, so I told him he could take the new one out. After he helped me load the new one into the car I went and parked and I guess they thought we left because when mom and I went back inside to look for a bulb we needed they were all standing around bitching about us. I dunno if they even saw us, but it made me giggle anyway.
They didn't have the bulb we needed, so we went to Walmart and they didn't have it, same with Home Depot but then we had to get home to pick up the dogs so we stopped to get drinks from Starbucks and drove home. Picked up the dogs and then my brother G went to town to get a haircut and check the mail. While he was gone the delivery of the wooden swing seat and adirondack chairs came. Finally got to take a shower and mom wanted to go to Concord to eat and pick up dog food from Petco.
She wanted me to sign her up for the Petco discount card and the cashier told us that if we purchased 200 pounds of dog food we would get 10% off, we already had 120 pounds so G went to get 2 1/2 more bags. 6 big bags of dog food and one small bag.
After that we went to Ruby Tuesday, I got a half rack of ribs and a salad bar. Mom and G got the salad bar and southwest spring-roll appetizer. We all got ice cream & strawberries on a pastry for dessert.
Busy but not a bad day. Now the rain has knocked out the internet and may be out for awhile. :/ But I wrote this up offline and will post it when it comes back up.
When Becky came up to talk to me, she asked me about the warranty and when I told her we didn't have the extended plan she said they only service things on the extended warranty unless it was within 30 days of purchase. We bought it May 21st but had only used it maybe 3 or 4 times. I told her what the girl on the phone had told me and she said "oh I know who that must have been", shook her head and said "she was wrong, I'll have to speak to her about that." Then she said we should go get the mower out of the car. After we got it, she took the receipt and went to talk to her manager. He came out and said there was nothing they could do for us. I explained that we had been told to bring it in and that we live an hour away. So he went back inside and when he came back he said they could either send it out for us, which would take at least a week plus whatever time was needed to fix it and send back, or they would exchange it. So we got it exchanged. Since I hadn't planned on needing to exchange it I hadn't brought all the parts like the bagger, so I told him he could take the new one out. After he helped me load the new one into the car I went and parked and I guess they thought we left because when mom and I went back inside to look for a bulb we needed they were all standing around bitching about us. I dunno if they even saw us, but it made me giggle anyway.
They didn't have the bulb we needed, so we went to Walmart and they didn't have it, same with Home Depot but then we had to get home to pick up the dogs so we stopped to get drinks from Starbucks and drove home. Picked up the dogs and then my brother G went to town to get a haircut and check the mail. While he was gone the delivery of the wooden swing seat and adirondack chairs came. Finally got to take a shower and mom wanted to go to Concord to eat and pick up dog food from Petco.
She wanted me to sign her up for the Petco discount card and the cashier told us that if we purchased 200 pounds of dog food we would get 10% off, we already had 120 pounds so G went to get 2 1/2 more bags. 6 big bags of dog food and one small bag.
After that we went to Ruby Tuesday, I got a half rack of ribs and a salad bar. Mom and G got the salad bar and southwest spring-roll appetizer. We all got ice cream & strawberries on a pastry for dessert.
Busy but not a bad day. Now the rain has knocked out the internet and may be out for awhile. :/ But I wrote this up offline and will post it when it comes back up.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Dizzy Day
Not a bad weekend over all just really really busy with chores and stuff.. Still very little sleep. Mom is slowly getting stronger, eating more, walking around more, going out more..
Today was all about yard work, thankfully I'm not sore or anything yet, just exhausted. Still so much more to do. I was getting really dizzy this morning though, odd for me, not just a few seconds of discomfort, but full on everything went dark and my head spun and had to sit down for awhile to clear it, kind of dizziness. :/ Thumb has been ok today though so I guess I can't complain :)
Today was all about yard work, thankfully I'm not sore or anything yet, just exhausted. Still so much more to do. I was getting really dizzy this morning though, odd for me, not just a few seconds of discomfort, but full on everything went dark and my head spun and had to sit down for awhile to clear it, kind of dizziness. :/ Thumb has been ok today though so I guess I can't complain :)
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