Eldest Daughter flew up from SC and she and her best friend came over on the 22nd to help us finish packing up. Those two hit the living room like a whirlwind! In less than two hours they had the place cleared out, with all the boxes stacked along the wall.
The movers came around 10:00 on the 23rd. While the girls and I went up to the condo, I left The Squire at the house to direct things down there. I told him what needed to come to the condo, and the movers brought stuff we didn’t need and left other things behind. The biggest thing was a 10 x 12 Karastan carpet that is still in the bedroom but belongs in the condo dining room. It weighs a ton, and I did not exactly leap for joy at the suggestion we leave it behind. I think I’m going to have to call the mover and ask him what he’s charge just to move that one thing.
So – with all of that going on, The Squire was driving up from the house to the condo in the van with a load of boxes and managed to rear-end a pickup truck. To be honest, the truck driver slammed on his brakes and The Squire didn’t have enough time to stop, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are now down one small car. The accident happened around 6:00 on Thursday. The Squire called the insurance agency early on Friday, and they sent somebody to look at the van on Monday. Things went rapidly downhill from there. Apparently, Erie has moved a lot of their business operations to NC, and outsourced other things to Heaven knows where. We do know that somebody came and looked at the van, but obviously that information was not relayed to us. The accident was a week ago today and we still have NO idea what’s going on, and neither does our agent! The car is still on the mechanic’s lot, and no decision has been made about trying to repair it, or junk it or whatever. The Squire did talk to a nice lady in NC, and she was the same attitude we do.
And now we are doing battle with Comcast. After telling us repeatedly that we couldn’t keep our old phone number when we took the phone out of the house and plugged it in here, it works perfectly with the same number. We’ve had this number for over 50 years, and it is a nice one – easy to remember, and with a nice “rhythm” to it. Of course, threatening to go with Vonage might have had something to do with it. That being said we are still trying to get bother my computer and The Squire’s to work, and that poor man still doesn’t have a TV. We’re missed two weeks’ worth of Ghosts!
We won’t go into the agony of trying to fit all of our groceries, pots and pans, and other oddments into what seemed to be a lot more closet space than we had before. Yeesh.
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