Holy F'ing Tired Batman

OK, so the light show last night was cool...until...the firetruck turned on it's pumper and continued to pump into the wee hours of the night. So much for my early night to bed and long, good night's sleep.

I dragged myself out of bed after barely 5 hours sleep, splashed cold water on my face, brushed my teeth and sleep-walked down to the car. Woke up enough to make it to Starbucks and the 40 min drive back out to the house to meet the movers for 9am.

Turns out that they'd been waiting for me since 8am. Nice. No one actually called and told me a time....I just asked the packer the day before and he said it's usually 9:00. I think an email to the moving company is in order, because that's just poor business.

Anyway, movers were super nice and all was good.

I hung out for a bit, cleaning out the fridge and packing up the things the packer said I couldn't take with me. (sidebar: you would not believe how many aerosol things we had...it's insane! cleaners, air fresheners, hairspray, WD-40, sunscreen, starch....you name it.) Because it's winter and things will freeze on the trip we aren't allowed anything liquid, or canned goods, or anything like that. So the food bank is going to get a fairly hefty donation from us.

At lunch I buggered off and went shopping for a sparkly shirt to make me feel more festive at a dinner I'm going to tomorrow night.

When I returned the truck looked pretty friggin full to me, but they ensured me that it would all fit. It's truly a science what these people do....like a massive, real life game of Jenga or Tetris or something.

I decided to go hang out with my neighbor while they finished up (I turned the heat off at home because they had the door open all day and I wanted to conserve my freshly filled oil tank, so it was bloody cold). When it neared the end, he and I stood in his driveway and watched them work out the puzzle of the last tiny bit of space with still a fairly hefty pile of our stuff to load.

Long story short, I ended up not being able to take my big plant. Not the end of the world because it would probably freeze and die anyway, but I have had it for 14 years (it was the first plant I got when I moved out) and it is super hearty so I thought I would try to take it. They said they could have squished it in, but it likely would have been tipped over or really squashed....so I decided it would live a better life with Jen and her fabulous green thumb.

I also gave up a wicker chaise lounge because it was just such an awkward shape they couldn't fit it in. Again, not the end of the world, but I couldn't help but wonder what they would have done if I had demanded that it go. They were super nice though, and she even offered to pay me for it, but I said to take it as a baby present (the driver's wife is very pregnant). It's only from Ikea and I want skookum new Adorondak chairs for the new place anyway.

Besides, the entertainment of watching them try to fit it in without wanting to let on that they just couldn't do it was totally worth it. :)

They had five different clients' stuff on that truck. Good thing we didn't have even one more box....or they really would have been screwed.

They finished up around 3:30, so I took a bit of time to get started on the sweeping, etc in the house while I waited for the next guy to show up to get my car. He came around 4:30, and I watched him check over my silver girl and load her up on his flatbed truck and take her away. It was sort of sad because I love her!!

I intended to keep cleaning until Jen came to pick me up, but I was just too tired and the neighbor offered me a drink. I happily accepted!

Then Jen came and got me, I helped her do some stuff at home while she packed for her trip, then I drove her in her car to the airport. I am using her car while she is away....how handy is that?!!

By the time I drove all the way back from the airport, got dinner and got back to the hotel it was after 8:30. Then I had to work for two hours. Lovely.

Now I'm off to bed where hopefully I'll be out within two seconds. So I can get up and go out there and clean the damn place tomorrow. Yippee. Not.