We’ve been here since Thursday and the empty apartment is getting tiresome. Good news though – the relocubes should be showing up today. One tricky bit was parking like a punk across two parking spots so that we could put the cubes close to the apartment.

Tried to schedule some movers through a referral agency but have run into a bit of a snag. Two different movers called up this morning to confirm the appointment. One of them was nice enough to walk me through the charges “car dealer” style. Turns out that was a guy who didn’t like the rate I was charged by the referral service and was renegotiating after I had started to pay already.

Hopefully they are sorting that all out on their own.

We have been camping out and we are troopers. But the kids now have a little cold and that complicates matters. We can’t move the car for fear that we lose the two spots close to the stairs. We can’t go out for mile longs treks because the kids could crash into a booger infested mess at any time. And we also need to be around if the relocubes decide to show up at any time in the window they have provided us with delivery… 11am-6pm.

Last night we impulsed some Costco stuff to help make us feel better about the empty apartment. One of those purchases was a new 26″ TV that cost as much as we sold our year old 32″ TV before we left. This is really good because now the kids can watch something on the tellie connected to the laptop and I can still use the laptop’s screen to get stuff done on internet.

Mariel was eating a banana today and it was suddenly very obvious that she was as tan as she has ever been (pictures to follow soon). The cats could be none more happy now that they have a big balcony to lounge on outside. Beside escape attempts it is probably the biggest outdoor space they have ever been in.

Tomorrow the movers come at 8am to unload the relocubes and I without any experience in the industry I am confident it will be a very easy move for them.  The cable guy also comes at roughly the same time so it should be an awesome day. Tomorrow night will be a celebration of pillows and mattresses and xboxes and internet service and towels and cutlery… it’s going to be off the hook.