Here are a few tips for your next move-
1) HIRE MOVERS! - seriously one of my best decisions. 2 men for 2 hours saves you probably 2 years of back pain and trouble. I had a team in Columbus to load me and one in Greenville to unload.
2) DO NOT DRIVE THE U-HAUL all by yourself - yeah so i drove the big uHaul truck from Cbus to Greenville and found that a) its a big truck therefore very awkward to maneuver. and b) driving big trucks with limited choice of other entertainment or music can drive one a little looney (i found myself praying aloud in panic when we couldnt find a gas station such as "Do Lord or DO Lord oh DO you know where a gas station is?" when I was on "e" and then when in snail moving traffic, found that I feel liberated enough to rap and throw gang symbols because im so far off the ground that no one would be looking at me.
3) FAMILY IS AWESOME- yeah my WHOLE family chipped in from cleaning my apartment in Columbus (Thank you Aunt Judy, Uncle Rich, Jeanette, Jesse, Kari, Dad, Mom, Tommy, Anna, Tania, Kevin, and Josiah!) --- Tommy, Anna, and Kari followed me to Greenville to help me move in and get settled, and Mom and Josiah arrived today to help me unpack some more!!!! I dont know why it is that you all love us so much, but your help is above and beyond and I am truly, truly grateful.
So we did make it to Greenville with little to no problem aside from that noted above. Tommy really was helpful in getting things put together (bunk bed) and figuring out that we needed things like 3 prong plug connectors (aka the orange things) and smoke detectors. When we arrived at the house, we met the property manager and she showed us in the house. It was pretty good except that the shower had recently been gutted and was totally operational. Yikes! So here it is Monday --- and I havent had a shower since I left Columbus on Saturday. I finally broke down and washed my hair in the sink with ice cold water (yeah the hot water wasnt working either!) and a little sponge bath with paper towels (as everything is still packed and hard to find).... God bless the contractor that is working on the house because he showed up Sunday morning (Father's day and all) to continue working on the shower. As he has worked on the different things on this very old house he seems to find more and more problems -- ie. the gas water heater not lighting because it was rusted close. He has been a trooper and come to the house at 7:30 am every morning and worked until night to get everything done. I am so excited to shower it is not even funny!!!!!! I am sure anyone around me feels the same.
Well that is all for now... I have more to tell but am sleepy. I will leave you with some "before" pictures. Hopefully will have some "after" ones tomorrow!
****** no pictures.... apparently tethering with my blackberry doesnt allow me enough juice to upload pictures.... anyone know how to fix this!?!?! annoyed!
Love- Kat and Judah
PICTURES!!!! through some major practice in patience i was able to get these uploaded. enjoy!
my room. it was poop brown and now it is seductive silver
Judah LOVES his room and his bunk bed!
My faithful workers bedding down for the night in the servant quarters
Painting!
oh wow, what a mess
bird cage!
Living room
painting makes people crazy... here is the proof
sounds like a lovely start to an awesome adventure. ^_^ i'm glad that the shower is at least in the works. ^_^ i love you and can't wait to see you in July.
ReplyDeleteWow, Katrina. You are a trooper. I can't wait to see pictures.
ReplyDeleteyeah,pictures! you picked lovely colors for your house and your servants look cozy in their quarters. ^_^ and did you not know that the biggest appeal to painting is that it makes one crazy? why do you think i'm going to pursue it as a career? ^_^
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