The Move

We fit everything but the wheelbarrow in the truck.  Everybody was amazed and exhausted.  We had a lot of great help from our ward in CO.  We tried so hard to get rid of stuff, but still there was just a ton of stuff.  We had business sales right before we moved, and they held off until we had things "organized after the move".  The rental truck, we'll leave the company nameless for now, had issues trying to get out of CO.  After three hours, waiting on the roadside, two phone calls to customer service, a trip to the mechanic, and a slow drive to WY, we finally made Chey.  There was much rejoicing, and they said there was nothing they could find wrong with the truck.  After that the driving was smooth, wet and raining, but smooth and we even managed to hit the speed limit a couple of times.  Of course, the driver's window leaked through one of the storms, and the next morning the cab was dripping water onto the plants and floor.  I'm so glad we were able to move our belongings in a sieve.  Driving day two was blissfully uneventful, we even arrived according to schedule, where I was quickly greeted by an eager hubby.  We plotted and planned for the unloading day, thought we had everything set, found out the next morning that the J'Leen cabinets wouldn't fit in the designated J'Leen area.  We had more wonderful help unloading the truck from the ward here.  It would have been much easier for us, if we'd had them haul everything downstairs anyway, but alas, they got off easy and we have spent the past days hauling things down ourselves.  And yes, the back of the truck leaked too, notable items that got wet - just the desk and the piano.  The desk has some damage and will require sanding and refinishing to fix the damage.  The piano has no visible damage, but we'll have to get a tuner in to see if anything is actually damaged or not.  We're still in process of seeing what the rental company will do, today they have given us a partial refund for the inconvenience.

It has been wonderful to have an extra day with Hubby and it has helped to have the time to get things unpacked.  We have found most of the garage and the business is ready for reassemble.  There is much work to do, but it is nice to have internet again and feel like life is starting to return to normal.  Today we got the kitchen put together, half of it has ended up in the garage with the J'Leen cabinets, but it all works, kind of.  Its a small house, especially in the kitchen.  We have already killed and removed the washing machine that was in the house, replaced the leaking cold water tap, helped the owner pick paint colors for the exterior, discovered (thanks to an excellent service tech) a short in the main phone jack, and we're in process of replacing the sporadic doorbell.  And we're just renting, and this may be why we don't buy the place and figure we'll end of moving to a different house soon, that and rent is high, so buying will be cheaper.

Hubby still likes his job, stays busy.  And we all crash at night.