The Move is Done!

We finally got everything up and running and we're all moved in!

Okay, so the entertainment center isn't together and I can't put all my angels or Royal Daulton's in yet, but pretty much everything else is done. All my Starsky & Hutch items are hanging in the spare room where the computer is. Kelly's bed isn't put together, but there's no big hurry on that.

The yard - the front especially - is a POS, but our landlord said if we want to do anything to it and make it nice, just show him the receipts and he'll take it off our rent. We've gotta do some touching up of paint that got scraped and a little bit of patch work, but all in all it's very nice and has a large walk-in closet in our room that's carpeted - even the shelves are carpeted. I'm not real fond of the color (tan carpeting), but I can live with it. The shelves, drawers, and washer/dryer were disgustingly dirty. So I had to clean first. I ended up using contact paper 'cause there was no way I wanted my dishes touching those naked shelves.

Got the OHIO STATE flag hanging in the front bay window. Gotta promote my team, right? Oh, and one of our new neighbors is a big Ohio State Fan. I told him we're going to get along perfectly.

We got the wrong sized truck for the move, but it was larger and it turned out we needed the larger one. The drive went well and even faster than I figured. That's 'cause we didn't got through downtown Chicago. Of course my brother didn't get anyone to help us unload, as both Ron & I asked, but they did come over themselves to help us unload, so it wasn't just the five of us.

On Monday I called all the utilities and the phone company, right? "Yes, you can get DSL. Yes, we can keep you with Elite. They'll be out on Friday." Well Friday comes, and we had no phone line, so one guy comes out to install a phone line, but no one comes to install the DSL. I called them again. "We can't find your order. Oh wait, here it is.... They're coming Friday, August 8th!" I told them that was b*s. So the guy on the phone promises they'll be here by Monday. Monday comes & starts to wane. I called AT&T again. "No you CAN'T get DSL in your area." Now this is bullshit! I specifically had them install a phone line which cost me $140. I got a $50 coupon for DSL Elite (which is what we had in Cleveland). And TWICE I talked to AT&T representatives about DSL in our new home. This is the same bullcrap we put up with when we moved at work last summer. So they've offered my this new U-Verse which is some kind of cable system and supposedly much faster than DSL, but at the same price. Plus they said they'd honor the $50 coupon and give me a $35 credit. They damn well better.

Then last Tuesday after we moved, the damn air went out (the furnace died and it was brand new). We had no air for several days until the heating & air company could get a new panel and replace it. What a fricking mess! We were so hot, we ended up spending Wednesday night at Keith's hotel.

Now I can seriously start to look for a job. I hate that I've put in several resumes and gotten only one response. I hope this doesn't take long. Everyone says the job market here is great and I shouldn't have a problem finding a job. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Daisy's adapting well, but she still doesn't know what to do with the backyard. She keeps going to the bathroom by the door & the patio door. She won't go into the backyard unless it's following the fence. It's like she's afraid of it. I fear she's going to have separation anxiety when I go back to work.

I don't know if I'll ever move again. At least out of state. Unless it's going back home.