I have to say as I looked at the calendar and counted off the days to June 28th my chest got that heavy feeling, you know the one that happens when fear starts rearing its ugly little head? Well, you will be happy to hear I am not giving up THAT easily lol this IS only the second blog ya know ;-D and because this is a part of my life's journey in which I want to grow as a person, I hope that ya'll will view it as such.
Anyway, back to the countdown, not only do I think a countdown is practical but I think it will help me to not procrastinate sorting out any unresolved feelings I have about the amputation. Starting it on May 30th still gives me time to get moving out of the way. Oh, to only have to worry about one thing at a time lol.
I might add here that my daughter and I have seemingly found the perfect place in which to reside together ;-D I have to say that this will be the easiest move I have ever made in my entire life, well maybe not the easiest because of the circumstances with my leg but certainly the easiest from a logistics perspective. For those of you who don't know me personally, I live in the inner city of Edmonton, by choice, I was a social worker for years so can hold my own, nuff said. My apartment is currently on the 1st floor of a 52 suite building composing 3 floors plus a basement. The only wheelchair accessible suite is the one on the north end of the building partially underneath me. When I first moved in here a lovely lady and her disabled son lived in the 1400 sq ft suite. She had lifts like they have at my Mom's nursing home in her son's bedroom and the huge main bathroom. She moved out last fall and the landlord has been renovating since. Here I thought he had done some great renos because of the length of time it had taken to do them but all he did was take out the lifts, patch, paint and put in new flooring, some of which doesnt match {shakes head} lol its all good. I was originally told that the owner was fixing it up to sell but 3 months ago a "For Rent" sign went in the window. Originally, he wanted $1400 a month which I knew was highway robbery for this place, renos or no renos. Eventually with the help of a wonderful property agent we secured this place for $1100. My daughter doesnt think she is so wonderful especially after them stiffing us on the keys so long but it's my blog right? ;-D I know I am kinda digressing here but again its one of the things I have had to deal with along with everything else so bear with me lol
Now this all sounds well and good right? lol Well we all know about "Murphy" hmmmm? To make this digression as short as possible, our current situation is we were hoping to get the keys today but that sooooo did not pan out therefore the moving plans for the weekend are changing as I write. I can understand my daughters frustration, things seem like they are totally blown out of the water especially when that lovely lady from the management company has had her hot little hands on the full damage deposit AND 1st months rent for almost 2 weeks now ;-/ I am sure there is someone out there thinking Oh THAT was dumb LOL but if you know me, I am a trusting soul. Not that I didn't get receipts, I am trusting not stupid lol My daughter who is on the lease with me of course has other opinions lol "well, as far as I am concerned, we gave her $2200, we should have the keys!!!" I am thinking, Yeah, like they're going to want to part with the keys on the 18th when we signed a lease and paid to start June 1st and the apartment isn't even ready yet {rolls eyes}, anything before that really is a bonus out of the goodness of their hearts. The agent knows enough of my story to know that helping me would be good but that's about all I can do is hope for the best because there are too many people involved. So it looks like no moving before tomorrow at least and possibly not till Sunday ;-9 much to my chagrin.
The more this moving adventure gets messed up, the more I wonder how things will turn out ;-/
I am impatient at times and lazy at others. I have done a lot of packing, albeit at my own speed and am tired tonight, perhaps it's a good thing I am not getting to move tomorrow ;-* Peace
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