Snafu Fighter!

This whole move has been full of snafus. I get an apartment and it gets taken away. I sell my car, but forget my registration at home and I feared the whole deal would be lost. And then yesterday, the Uhuru folks showed up to get the remaining furniture, but they declined on my bookcase and sofa bed. They took my coffee table that had scratches and bumps, but since there was wear on the arms and a tear on a seam in the front, they decided not to take it.

Yes, a freak out ensued.

I called my neighbor Alyah since her partner, Nicole said she was interested in the sofa when she helped me look through the recycling bin to find my car registration. So Alyah came by to look at it, but alas it was too big. She was amazing and took the bookcase and offered to take care of couch even if it meant dragging it down to the basement in the meantime.

My friend Amy came by as Alyah talked me down. She thought she was interrupting a tearful goodbye. I felt better knowing there was a Plan B, but I took a moment to post the couch on craigslist and freecycle. We took an hour to grab some Ethiopian food by Grand Lake before coming back to my apartment to keep cleaning, packing and boxing items up for donation and the trash. Luckily there were emails from two people interested in the couch. I called the first one and scheduled her to come at 9:30AM this morning. We got a lot done last night. I really could not have done it without Amy. She took lots away and forced me to throw a bunch of shit away. Knowing that I needed more help I texted my friend Ayla to see if she could come early to help with the nitty gritty before taking me to meet my mother at the one of the airport hotels.

At 8:30AM this morning I got a call from the couch lady. Her husband was called into work, so no go. No, no, not another snafu! I texted Alyah giving her a heads up that she may need to deal with it. I also reposted on Craigslist and emailed the second guy who contacted me last night. Luckily, the guy from last night was still interested. He enlisted his cousin and the guys came by around 10:30PM to grab it. It's amazing that a couch I hoped to sell for $500, that I couldn't donate, left my apartment for $50.

Fifty bucks!

My friend Ayla came by around noon and we took care of everything else. It was a lot of work to do the last bit. Getting everything that I wanted to take in my suitcases and decide to toss the rest. As I zipped my second suitcase I noticed that the zipper pulled from the case. I called my mother who had already arrived. We talked about her bringing a suitcase with her, but decided against it. Luckily there were a number of stores right by the hotel, so we yet again had a plan. Snafu avoided!

The ride to the hotel was a challenge as I anticipated. I got Maxie into his carrier without issue, but he was clawing a bit once we were in for a while. However, Lincoln threw up about 20 minutes in and then he pooped.

Yes, poop in the car.

Once we got to the hotel I needed a good 20 minutes to set up the litter box and food, plus clean the carrier and Lincoln before we headed to grab some food. I said my goodbyes to Ayla in front of the Marshall's so we could buy a shower curtain liner and a new suitcase and then walked through the cold and the mist back to the hotel.

Yes, an earthquake and cold and mist all in one day.

We popped open the bottle of wine I have been saving for over a year. My mother bought it at Castello Di Amorosa when we went in 2010. We drank about half. My mother is already snoring and the kitties are hopefully chilled out for the night.

I will join them all shortly.

Gratitudes:
1. Amy
2. Ayla
3. my mom
4. Alyah and Nicole
5. Lake Merritt