Moving Dear God Why

[spryng]

Yesterday was a mess. We had the promises of two friends - with beaus, so four people - that they'd be able to help us pack the POD this weekend. I'd been talking to them about this for the last two months, because we'd known Lady wouldn't be able to carry much and I'd be awkwardly pregnant.

Two months.

A month ago I reminded them and got a yes! we will be there from one and a uuuuh, what day is that again? from another. We ended up moving our pack date back a day and got promises again that both would definitely be there.

Two weeks ago one was like, actually I'll be out of the country at the end of the month, but I'll be back to help that weekend. Okay, fine. We just need you Sunday for a few hours, that's it.

When I hadn't heard a peep from anyone by Sunday morning, I asked the one if she was even in town and got a reply that no, but she'd be back that night! After headdesking for a while, I reminded myself that we still had the other friend who I knew was back in town and we'd just... hadn't heard from yet... and it would be fine. We needed one extra pair of hands, really. I just needed help with the dolly so Lady wouldn't reinjure her foot.

Then I heard - she was sick, and even worse, her pet was deathly ill. No fault of her own, really she needed to be home resting, I understood.

But it was 1pm and 100 degrees and we had to get everything into the POD before it got dark and it was just me, a pregnant lady who can't front-carry anything, and my wife, recovering from tendononsis who honestly shouldn't carry more than her own weight, and I didn't know how we were going to do it and of course Pregnancy Logic (TM) meant we couldn't call any other friends at the Very Last Minute because we hadn't asked them before and no one would be available so I ugly sobbed while taking apart the bed and while trying to carry boxes out and while trying to wrangle cats.

Eventually Lady talked me out of my panicking spiral and we did call some other friends and they were able to help (BLESS THEM BLESS THEM FOREVER) and everything heavy is now in the POD and I'm only kinda sore and Lady's only kinda limping and it's going to be okay.

Comments

[falena]

I'm glad some friends were able to step in last minute. That must have been so stressful but at least it's over and done with.

[spryng.livejournal.com]

I am so so so glad they could help because I honestly didn't know what we would do.

[ladibug21.livejournal.com]

Aw man I'm sorry. I feel like people are so unreliable on moving day. I'm glad you got it sorted out though.

[spryng.livejournal.com]

We'd had such good luck in the past! And we'd helped both these friends move at least twice while we lived here, which is why it hurt even more to be abandoned like that.

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

Ugh! miserable mess!

[spryng.livejournal.com]

x.x Yeah. I'm so glad it's over.

[audesapere.livejournal.com]

Dude...you realize you can hire movers, right? If its' just loading a pod you can find people off Craigslist for like, $100...which is a lot cheaper than harming your health when your'e injured / pregnant / sick...

[spryng.livejournal.com]

Yes, which we had thought about until our friends told us they could help. And then didn't. We'd helped them move twice each (at *least*) so I thought they'd be good for it. Then it was so last minute and late that I was honestly being kind of unreasonable. We're hiring movers next time. Fuck that noise.

[audesapere.livejournal.com]

Well you know what they say about real friends...movers are really your friends here! Don't compromise your health and safety! IDK, even if I were sick I couldn't flake on helping a pregnant person and her injured wife move, I'd like, personally round up people myself. That's execrable. I am mad on your behalf. I mean, I still offer to help my friends move because moving is hell. To be honest I think once you're in your 30s, it's a tiny bit of an adulting fail to be to poor or cheap to hire movers... I'd help my friends but these days it's usually, like, showing up and managing or helping unpack or wrangling pets. I got a free Angie's List subscription through my insurance, there are good recs for movers on there and Groupon-like deals, maybe you can line up someone ahead of time.