Get me some gamma rays !!!

Today was supposed to be a happy day. Bed was coming. Looking forwards to finally sleeping in the master bedroom. First, the boxes the bed is packed in wont get up the stairs. Then, I find out that UpCountry's policy is for credit note only, so now I have over 2k tied up in the f'n store.

Gets worse because today is bonus day. I received my 'variable' pay today but the bank deposit looks much lower than i anticipated. 60% !!! They deducted 60% tax on the income !!! Fricken hell... drop another 14% if I actually chose to buy anything with it, I'm down to keeping 25 cents on the friken dollar!!!

That's it, i'm starting St Patty's early. Get me a drink!

Okay something usefull from the internet !!!

Yes sir... those crazy Japanese shows are more than just people kicking each other in the nuts. Finally, an awesome video from the web. My closet is going to look like a Gap Store by tomorrow.

Moving... week 1

Friday... Rogers came and said there was no line to the house.... "maybe around the 15th?" he said.

I also get a call from UpCountry saying our bed has arrived. However, I dont dare call them back until i see the mattress has made it to the bedroom.

Saturday... Sleep Country delivers our new king size mattress. We barely got the Queen size up the stairs so I'm genuinely concerned about the king. On the phone they assure me.. no problem, no problem. The get the mattress into the house and suddenly, "Houston, we have a problem." Have to reschedule a "rope job" to get the mattress in on the top floor balcony.

Monday...
All the stuff we laid deposit on came in so we had to pay the balance...Central Vac installed, security installed, speakers installed.... chaching, chaching, chaching.

Tuesday...
A/C unit installed and mattress guys got it upstairs.


Wednesday/Thursday/Friday... (all a blur)
window screens, garage heater (for the hydraulics), Bell, Rogers (with a temporary cable) cabinet touchups, re set a new tub faucet....

unending....

Moving Day

okay... i was too busy loosing my mind to take any photos myself but you get the idea.

So this time, I figured I'd hire movers and everyone could relax as they did all the work... well it didn't quite work out that way....

11:00am
So Thursday morning started with my parents showing up to help pack up the last few things in the condo. They're seem a little surprised that there is so much stuff still not boxed up. In our defense, all the closets and cupboards had been cleared and packed. The rest plus the fridge contents had to be boxed up.

12:00
Moved everything from the storage locker to the moving room so the movers would only have to get to one place.

1:00pm
A little later Tim and Louis are there to help to. Again, i figure they'd just be there to watch the movers if I had to finish up any paperwork or do something at the new house. The movers also arrived 30 min early. I was concerned because i didn't have a key to the new place yet. Work started on loading the truck.

2:00pm
Julianne, my parents and I walked over to the new house to do a final walk through. The site mgr, gave us permission to lay down drop sheets over the hardwood in preparation for the move. The snow started to fall around this time too.

4:00pm
The truck is still being loaded and i get a call from my lawyer. The clerk says they dispatched the courier to with the cheques at 2:30 but the are nowhere close to the builder's lawyers office.

5:00pm
The courier is cannot reach the lawyers office within business hours because of the weather/traffic. The office is now closed to let people get home. The deal cannot close today.

The site manager contacts his boss to see if a fax showing the certified cheques are appropriate proof of payment and he can give me the keys. At this point, the condo is packed on the truck, the blizzard is in full effect, and my condo is officially sold and closed. The !@$*X4'ing builder tells the site manager not to release the keys basically screwing us for the night. (details available in person)

Basically... a completely hellish day.