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.