Misery
Utter misery. I don't have enough time to post about everything, so here's an excerpt from an e-mail I sent to Kiera (Mike's wife) in response to running this weekend (we were supposed to run tomorrow morning at Sabino Canyon):
"OMG, I am so happy you cancelled!!! I was going to make myself do it, but I so didn’t want to. The last few days have been utter hell. Johnny’s uncle cancelled on him, the day he was supposed to help him move. There were no trucks available this weekend, so Johnny got the truck for yesterday – and at 6:30 a.m. I got a call from Johnny’s aunt that his uncle had a migraine and was puking his guts out. (Because of our history with this guy, I’m thinking that’s bogus, but oh well). The cancellation policy for the truck is 48 hours prior, which means we have to pay for the truck, even if we don’t use it. Also, no trucks available on the weekend, so we HAVE to use it on Thursday. Of course, this is the day I have some big stuff happening at work. So I have to scramble to get my stuff at work covered, and then spend a hot, miserable day moving most of my house. Horrible. Then we get to the new place, and our cat decides to freak out and try to get inside the back of the oven. She got stuck, and in trying to get out, cut herself – 4 inches long, down her side, all the way through to the muscle. Of course, once this happens she just runs away, so we don’t discover it for two hours!!! Johnny pulls her out to try and get her to eat, and he feels wet on his hands – holy shit, it’s blood. So off to the emergency vet hospital, where we fork out $700 for care. There goes the washer and dryer we were going to buy. Thank goodness we had saved our money for the w/d and hadn’t purchased it yet, otherwise we wouldn’t have had any money for her care!!! Also, I’m so glad that Johnny’s mom was watching Ash overnight, because that would have just been utter hell for his first night.
So I was handling all this okay until Johnny called this morning to tell me the swamp cooler broke this morning :( Eric will be out to fix it today thank goodness. But after all the stress I’ve been through, that was just the last straw. I am sore, exhausted, traumatized and ready to shut down. We still have the kitchen to pack up and bring over in our car, plus some electronics and random things like the 10 pairs of ski boots we own. I spent 20 minutes in the bathroom at work this morning sobbing.
So, yeah, YAY! No running tomorrow!"
(Since I sent the e-mail, the swamp cooler has been fixed, plus it looks like we're getting our replacement fridge today (the original one was too big for it's spot). So things are getting better. But I'm still tired, exhausted, extremely sore and ready to shut down.)
Comments
Yikes. This isn't a karma thing, is it? Did you accidentally offend a girl scout or something lately? Whatever it is, cross it off your list.
Hope you work things out soon.
Posted by: Donald | May 26, 2006 12:32 PM
oh no! What a drag- moving is always so stressful, you don't need all of that extra pain! That being said, that sounds very much like something that would happen to me!
Posted by: Jennifer | May 26, 2006 12:38 PM
Aw, Angie. No fun at all. Good luck with the cat and go easy on yourself this weekend. It'll all get done eventually!
Posted by: backofpack | May 26, 2006 12:44 PM
swiss beef, angie!
what a nightmarishly tough string of events! hang in there and hopefully things will turn around soon. maybe donald is onto something there and you should make a list, ala earl hickey. =)
oh, and maybe the fedex man will bring you a 'cheer up' gift.
Posted by: jeff | May 26, 2006 01:04 PM
I'm sorry you've been hit with so much all at once. : ( Just like running...one step at a time...you'll get through! : )
Posted by: Sarah | May 26, 2006 01:33 PM
Ugh. I'm sorry to hear about how the past few days have gone. I can't think of many things I'd rather do less than move, except for maybe stitching up my own cat. I'm really hoping things calm down soon, and I hope the new place works out well. I know Eric will go out of his way to help if he can.
Posted by: Mike | May 26, 2006 07:04 PM
Poor Angie! Poor kitty! At least, it probably can't get any worse, right?
You'll get through this!
Posted by: Liv | May 26, 2006 08:00 PM
Ang, you ARE an ULTRARUNNER! You CAN get through this. Money sucks, but nobody died! Including cat. You are all together, and when things finally settle down, you'll look back on it and remember with a smile (and a tear).
We had something like this on out previous move - no-one to help, the track no-show, the stairs of the house too small and 2 new (one leather) couches had to be donated to Goodwill (also driven far to this place on the mentioned track and wasted gas). No TV cable for 2 years either.
You'll pull it. You will. You are.
Posted by: olga | May 26, 2006 08:19 PM
All will be better soon. Sorry to hear about the string of not so good happenings.
Posted by: Rob | May 26, 2006 09:12 PM
I'm so sorry. Things like this always happen around moving day. At least you are on a taper, so the missed run should be the least of your worries. I hope things get better soon.
Posted by: jkrunning | May 27, 2006 04:24 AM
Hang in ther angie! I'm sure things will be better soon. What's a swamp cooler?
Posted by: Susan | May 27, 2006 04:48 AM
Ugh!!! Moving sucks!!!!!!!!
Glad the cat is doing okay. Hang in there. You'll get settled...eventually!!
Posted by: Kim | May 27, 2006 12:56 PM
Hang in there Angie, the worst of the mountain is behind you! At least you are tapering so you won't miss any of the important runs. Relax, take a deep breath and get ready for the next hurdle.
Posted by: Jack | May 28, 2006 06:19 AM
I'm with Susan -- What's a swamp cooler?
And more importantly -- Is there a margarita waiting for you inside? You deserve it!
Posted by: Sarah Elaine | May 28, 2006 11:11 AM
i hope everything has settled down for you, johnny, and ash at your new place. you need some relaxing moments before S&S...hopefully a lazy holiday monday can bring that to you and your gang.
Posted by: matt | May 29, 2006 07:30 AM
Sounds like just about anything that could go wrong during the move did. I'm sure you're glad the worst is over -- it is over, right?
Posted by: Anne | May 29, 2006 12:43 PM
Oh gosh. Moving absolutely stinks, there is nothing fun about it. But just think how great the new place will be and it will be worth the sheer torture you've been through.
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