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Moving Day: Our Series of Unfortunate Events

By Abby at 12:20 pm on Tuesday, December 12, 2006
An ADD morning. Well, last Monday, I called to get my prescription for my ADD meds sent to Kristin’s house. As of Saturday, it wasn’t there. So I’ve been without for a few days… which is probably why I totally spaced getting the amount of money required from my mom for my rent (they wanted the first 3 months in advance since I’m unemployed and my parents are out of state). So this morning has been a sometimes hilarious, sometimes extraordinarily frustrating series of events. See, the battery on my parents’ electric fence ran down, so the dog got out, and when my mother went to the neighbor’s house in her car to look for the dog, she got her car stuck in some kind of ravine. Dad and Al took off for a nice brunch at a restaurant about 15 miles away – no doubt to get away from the shenanigans back home. However, they were then beckoned to the bank so my dad could sign to have money wired to my new apartment complex. That makes it sound much easier than it was. I had to call my apartment complex’s bank and my apartment complex. Meanwhile my mom was on the phone with her local bank, my out of state bank, and my dad. Dad is now with Al, standing at a bank in North Georgia with the helpful Carla awaiting the wiring instructions from Raleigh since I couldn’t pass them along, as I am not cleared to receive all that kind of secure information. I hope they have something fun to talk about. Otherwise, I will surely be hearing about this for years to come. In the middle of all of these phone calls, I packed my car completely while the cats freaked out, called in another request to have my prescription mailed, and cleared up a double-charge with my now local coffee shop. Later today, this will be a distant memory, and I will be in an unfurnished apartment in Raleigh. But I will have my kitties, and I have a little food, as well as one knife (purchased in JP at Gadgets before I moved since I knew I’d need one), one small pot, and lots of random Indian ingredients!

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Comment by Chris

December 12, 2006 @ 1:05 pm

You had quite a day yesterday, but at least you’ll be going to a party tonight! 😉 You are coming to the Raleigh Flickr Group Xmas party tonight, aren’t you??? 😉

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Comment by Kristin m

December 12, 2006 @ 1:35 pm

OOh. That *is* a bad day. Man. eek.

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Comment by jane

December 12, 2006 @ 2:24 pm

Oh wow! Hope this rapidly becomes a distant memory.

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Comment by jane

December 12, 2006 @ 2:25 pm

distant and laughable!! ;D

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Comment by Annetastic!

December 12, 2006 @ 2:43 pm

Oh jeez, Abby. Hope that everything ended up super and this is all going to be funny soon.

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Comment by Abby's mom

December 12, 2006 @ 6:03 pm

I just wanted to add that the service man came to install our cable TV 2 1/2 hours early while all this was going on.

However, AAA showed up here in the sticks with a “wrench truck” 45 minutes after I called them and lifted my car out of the ravine. Our friend Mary Ann offered to drive to town and back to bring me a form to wire transfer money. Fortunately, Mickey and Al finished their repast in time to do this. We found an extra battery for Annie’s electric fence collar, and she’s now safely enclosed. And, our cable TV is working.

I’m almost to the point of being able to laugh.

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Comment by Abby

December 13, 2006 @ 4:11 pm

I actually cracked up about it several times yesterday. I swear I’ve needed half of today to recover!

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Comment by Abby's mom

December 14, 2006 @ 6:59 am

Ditto. I was useless the rest of the day. I can’t handle multiple crises simultaneously. It makes me crazy.

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Comment by Abby

December 14, 2006 @ 2:04 pm

You CAN handle them, as can I, but there’s definitely aftermath.

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