December 6, 2004

We have moved! (Well 80% or so)

We are 80% or 85% done with our move from 99 Dude to Sunny Hell.

It was a long and not entirely fun weekend...

Saturday was not good. First thing in the morning the cable guy showed up and said he couldn't install the cable. He had a multitude of excuses and so did Comcast. They still have a multitude of excuses. I'm starting to think Satellite is a good idea and I'll just buy satellite recievers that support serial port control from Tivos. Then we go out to the truck to find someone slashed my left rear tire. Changing a tire on a halt ton truck with 33" tires and 17" rims really really sucks. Then Tonya went to 99 to meet the junk people that were collecting all of the crap I had decided to throw away. I went to KTM to pick up the parts I had ordered for my new bike. We then spent some time packing. I was feeling really bad and was having trouble breathing due largely to the flue that I haven't quite recovered from.

Saturday evening was a lot better. We went Tonya's office holiday party. It was fun. There was a gift exchange/stealing. We got to watch two very young children act as agents for their parents. At one point a 2.5 year old started acting as a free agent and stole the gift she wanted not the gift her mother instructed her to retrieve. There was MUCH laughing. After the party was more or less over we went back to 99 to do some packing and cleaning in prep for the movers in the morning. We were going to stay really late and just finish everything. That didn't happen. I felt really really sick and Tonya's contacts were bugging her so we went home.

Sunday we got up bright and early. Ok, Tonya got up earlier then me and left in the car because I was too slow and she didn't want to miss the movers at 99. I met her their 30 minutes later. This time no slashed tire on the truck. The movers showed up at 9:30 or so. Over the next 6 hours they moved us from Los Altos to Sunny Hell. Not having anything to do while they unloaded the truck in Sunny Hell I spent some time completely pulling my new dirtbike apart to install a new reed block and new exhaust system. The bike now has more power and is a little more quite. I managed to destroy both my hands while doing this work. I skinned several knuckles and bruised both palms and back of hands. But it was still more relaxing that watching two movers move almost all of my worldly possessions. Oh, and to top it off it is more expensive to have movers move your stuff then to have your friends do it and buy them a good lunch or dinner afterwards.

Now, almost all of our stuff is in our new house, none of it is unpacked and we have to clean and tidy 99 along with emptying the garage. We will be doing that this week after work. At least we are almost done!

Posted by pqbon at December 6, 2004 12:35 PM | TrackBack