adventures in margitness

Even in the midst of chaos.
Installations, quotes, Dad & Rickey today.
I've gotta re-prioritize...
Right after a cuppa.

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like Sunday Tuesday morning.

Slow start today BECAUSE I CAN. I have no appointments @ the house and my most recent host is expecting package from UPS requiring a signature, so I'm being teh_lazy 'til it arrives. Then I'm off to the bank to deposit the severance check! LeW00t!

I'm still pretty bonkers/feeling overwhelmed/disorganized, but things are slowly coming together. I still have to resolve security, the floors, and call the gas company. A/c was rescheduled 'til Wednesday. That rain I loved so much? High h2o content and mud are not helpful when installing things requiring electricity and freon...

My goals this week:

• acquire climate control goodness
• chose an alarm company
• schedule some natural gas action
  
• make a decision about the floors
• complete closet organization project
  
• prep kitchen to accept appliances - complete cabinets/painting
  
• prepare beds for impending parental return

I dunno what I'd do without bullet points. Or my blackberry. This is the first time I've touched an actual keyboard in >week!

Not too bad.
Thanks, Bob.
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On Tuesday, July 7th I hit the road in The Really Big Truck with Lola and my best pal at 5:00 something in the morning.  It was going to be a Really Long Day- first stop: San Antonio. (Yeah, one thousand miles- half of the total trip! There's nothing between Phoenix and San Antonio.)


The bulk of the pics follow after the jump...

The truck is parked @ an undisclosed suburb. We're gonna off load the Honda and head to a hotel.

Unload can wait another day. Or 2 or 3.

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Yep, I'm back in the South

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And my hair is teh_curly

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Not especially impressed with the Sheraton Baton Rouge, but it's good to be out of the truck and have 3/4 of the trip behind me.

Also, YAY for friends in Houston giving us a place to stop, relax, be fed and let Lola stretch in a real yard! It would've been nice to also see a college pal who now resides in LA, but there are limited hours in a day...

I forgot how much water there is in LA: swamps, lakes, rivers for miles... And then there's the Mississippi!

Much construction on 10, so I'm considering rerouting through BHM to avoid it. I saw enough of that already.

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We're safe and in comfy beds @ aloft San Antonio

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Truck is loaded. Copilot delayed @ ATL, but will arrive before dinner time. Drove loaded truck to pick up car carrier with no casualties. After airport pickup, we'll load the Honda.
So far so good for tomorrow's ohdarkthirty departure.

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Um. Yeah.

I reserved a 22' truck (and have been freaking out about it ever since). Today I pick up the truck as scheduled. Upon approaching The Really Big Truck, my stomach did a few 180s. "It's SO BIG!"

I've scrutinized every moving and delivery truck I've seen on the road since deciding to move. I'd almost reached the point of acceptance with 22' of truck, even.

Lo and behold, my moving truck is 26' because they didn't have a 22' truck. Now I've got a whole new round of truck anxiety going on!

Upside: The Really Big Truck's only got 50k miles, a cd player and outta this world a/c. Of course, it's a truck so it's bouncy. And I keep trying to tilt the steering wheel down...

I drove it from the rental place to the house and Bob followed in my car. The route was entirely surface streets, but here in the PHX 'burbs they're blessedly nice and wide and 3 lanes in each direction. He told me I did really well, to which I replied "Mah white knuckles, let me show you dem". I told him I know I need to improve on staying between the lines (I rode the line on the right) and be a bit more careful at stops (I cut it a little close at one or two). Of course, he noticed those things too, but it was nice to know I'm aware.

We got the hard-to-deal-with stuff loaded onto the truck immediately and stopped at 1:00 to wait out the worst heat of the day... up and at 'em again this evening.

Everything's gonna be okay.

Break time. My view from the floor.

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After I finish my coffee and get dressed, we're off to get The Truck. The high for the day:108°F.

Wheee...

Well, I've updated my to-do lists so many times I've lost count. I've contacted utility companies (except gas, and I need to re-poke alarm company), truck places, hotels, Paul of the HVAC (and by the way, "do you know someone who'll do my floors?" 'Cuz yeah, I pretty much researched myself right outta that one).

My attention span is exactly this long: _. All manner of randomness is jumbled up inna my head. Such as:
Note to self: add Palm Desert's expansion on a dime before & after shots to my powerpoint portfolioesque presentation.

There's not much left to pack. This seems to be the calm before the load the 22' truck storm.

Oh! Have a safe & happy 4th!