We have had nothing but rain all weekend... both Dennis and I are just exhausted - not only have we been working our butts off but we're STILL moving crap and trying to clean up the old house. And even more disturbing is how I thought there just couldn't be MORE that disturbs me - but yet there is. Anyway - uhaul messed us up royally. The guys picked it up around 6pm Friday night, and were told that we had it until 6pm on Saturday night. So ... fast forward to after midnight Friday - the guys managed to get it 1/3 packed with the big furniture. (no trips yet)... they come home, go to bed. Go back over by 9am Saturday morning... have help - loading loading... and then 11am, it starts POURING!!!! and I mean POURING rain. They take a break from loading the truck and just concentrate on packing stuff.. but the rain lets up. I keep telling them, ya know - we only have until 6. But there is just no way we are going to get everything in there (there was a lot left yet and so we finish packing it up (still pouring) and come over to the new place for load one.... I figured I'd call u-haul and get it for one more day. So at 4:30 - Dennis gets a call on his cell phone... we were horrible busy - it was uhaul, wanting us to bring the truck back. Supposively - they had it sched. to be picked up again at 5, and was wondering where it was. First off - we were suppose to have it until at LEAST 5:30 and when they picked it up at 6, they were told to return it until 6. ... they started to call and harrass us to return it at 4:30!!! Here is the "complaint" that I sent this morning.
Our reservation was under the name M. Day, who is my mother, she also paid for it. First off, we were not 100% sure on when we were moving but got the uhaul reserved for Oct. 5. A few days later found out we could get into our new place a week sooner, so I called uhaul and changed it to Sept. 28. A day or two later I called to confirm things (truck size, etc) ... when I spoke with Greg or one of the others that worked there, I was told the reservation had been put for October 28th instead of September, I was asked what time I would pick up the truck and I said around 5:30, he asked how long we would need it, I said one day - we hoped - and we'd return it at 5:30 the following day (Saturday) .. I thought it was a good thing I called. My husband and brother picked up the truck on that Friday night, getting there about 6pm and were told to return it at 6pm Saturday. While moving we got horrible rain. We did not get as much done as we had hoped, and were hoping that we could get the truck one more day. I tried calling with no answer, so continued to work. Once we got our first full load over at our new place at 4pm my husband's cell rang but we were not sure what was going on with everything - I thought it was the regular phone.. but told him about it. Once we realized - he called back around 4:30-4:45 (mind you, originally we were still suppose to have the truck until 5:30 and were told at pick up to return it at 6)... it was once of the guys from the Birch St. U-haul asking when the truck would be back, and pretty much demanding that we have it there by 5 pm because that truck was contracted out at 5pm. First off, we were not told this at pick up or when I called (twice) to make sure everything was all set and confirm everything. My husband, brother, and two friends ended up pretty much dumping everything in the truck into the garage where the floor was wet and we had the largest truck so this was a lot of stuff. We got the truck back around 5:30 and inside the little store area, where I was standing, the girl started to tell me that they had a smaller truck (not only was there a smaller truck, but also the same sized truck we had in the back) .. I said "I am dropping off a truck" meanwhile there was a guy in the shop on his cell phone telling someone they were waiting for their truck that the people were "over an hour late" which we were not! ... Not only am I upset that even though I called several times to confirm things, to check on things, to make sure that everything was set up right, I was never once told that it was important we get back at that exact time, it was leased out again. Not only that but we did not get it our full 24 hours, we were basically harrassed to bring it back a FULL HOUR EARLY (the call was at 4:30)... When told that the truck was still full, there was no working with us, there was only "you need to get it back now" type of attitude.
My husband says we will NEVER use uhaul again because of this. Between the relentless rain and this, we are a full day behind getting everything done, working 8 am to past midnight the last few days.
So after returning it, we got back to work and worked until midnight with my friend and her boyfriend who had a truck and came to the rescue about 7pm that night, to move some of the bigger stuff we had that we knew wouldn't fit in the van. So get into Sunday - it's POURING rain out - again - and although a lot got done, it was a lot of piddly pick up the stuff on the floors and clean up. We got several rooms cleared out, but not cleaned yet, one room completely cleared out and cleaned... and a lot more packed and in the dumpster.
Let me tell you - packing with a demanding baby is dang near impossible!!!
Every time he is over at the old house, he is screaming and unhappy... Saturday his arm even turned BRIGHT red for reasons still unknown. He was a little chilly but not cold enough to cause his arm to be red!! He wasn't laying on it... I have no idea.
Anyway ... we are still not done. Monday morning, we're suppose to be done, unpacking - happy it's over... but it's SO NOT over yet! We still have under the stairs to go through, a few things in the kitchen, a couple things in the laundry room, cleaning... we have the garage... we have a desk, entertainment center, toy box, Calahan's desk, bikes, tool box... and 100 or so boxes to move. So we're heading back over today - Nathan will have to deal with being over there ...
And the most disturbing thing about it all - when the washer was moved mid-afternoon on Saturday - it was revealed that there was a FOOT of dirt behind it. A FOOT. The foundation is obviously crumbling... that's where the mold is coming in, the dirt in what was Noah's room... etc.
:::sigh::: Oh yes, there was a tad bit of mildew (not mold) type staining around the basement here in one corner... so I got some KILLZ paint Friday and took care of that, and then we got a dark blue paint called "Starry Night" and painted the walls in the corner of the basement where the kids rec room is going to be, and I'm going to put glow in the dark stars around it. I still have to do another coat of paint, or two, before finishing it off. But I will :) Heehee...
We will be done today - we will be done today - we will be done today....
OH YES!!! A couple of things...
* there are probably over 100 flies in this house... UGH!!! (that isn't even an exaggeration, I went through the house and counted!!)
* Nathan finally got his crib back last night - he was so happy he slept through the night and THEN this morning, slept until 8:30!! And when I went in there a bit after six, I discovered he was sleeping on his belly because he is rolling ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW...
* I had Noah's Parent Tech Conf. last week, he's doing well ... he's a social butterfly and behind academically but he's doing good... oh and his low tone issues are causing a hindrance in his schooling even more now... ::sigh::
* Cal rode on the bus for the first time since he was in Pre-School today!! Wow!!
He is already a milk shake addict... I kid you not, he was REACHING for it.. and didn't want me to take it away!!! Grrrrrrrr
Today - playing out in the yard...
(he's laughing under those fingers)
Some pics I took in the dark the other night....
I am going to miss my trees.... (pout)
Today - playing out in the yard...
(he's laughing under those fingers)
Some pics I took in the dark the other night....
I am going to miss my trees.... (pout)
(okay this isn't halloween!)
(okay this isn't halloween!)
