IN

Well I am in and what a ride it was. The movers were late arriving at the pick up point and therefore we missed the window to use the elevator. I was so stressed out. Also the alarm company did not show up to remove my alarm system from the old place as they had pulled the technician to work at the company President's house. The bed company indicated they were stuck in traffic and would not arrive on time.

Yikes, if it could go wrong it did. And to top it off my video camera / microphone was not working and I couldn't talk with my sister in New Zealand.

Movers and Nine Clouds bed/mattress company all arrived at the same time - 4:45 (45 minutes after the elevator time had expired. Through skillful negotiations (and quivering lips) the Property Manager agreed to let me use the elevators during the peak hours of 5 and 7. So the bed was put up and the furniture / boxes (all 99 of them) arrived.

My friend Gini was amazing and without her I would never have been able to be calm during this process. My son Jason arrived to help around 5:30 so things started moving along.

Slept in my new bed that night so that was a really good thing. I really felt like I was home. The next day Gini and I started early unpacking boxes so by the time we left for Ottawa on Friday morning I only had about 15 or so boxes left out of 99.

My kitchen looks like a cyclone hit it but hey - that will work at some future date.

Today, Tuesday June 1 I just found out that a friend is dying - very sad as she is a fabulous woman who is kind and giving to everyone. She will be missed.