It's Going To Be a Long Day

First, because I typed out a long post and then accidentally deleted it and couldn't recover it. Cripes!!

Just when we thought nothing else could go wrong with this move...Yesterday evening we walked over to our new building to scout out a good parking place for the moving truck today. Our walk was stopped by yellow caution tape. Someone decided it was time to replace the sidewalk in front of our building and the staircase leading up to our apartment is blocked by wet cement! We talked to the leasing office, and as usual, they apologized for the inconvenience but there's nothing they can do about it now. (HEY! It's no secret we've been planning to move into this apartment for the last 3 weeks. There wasn't one other day that wet cement could have been put down?!?! Don't you actually talk to your maintenance team?) We found another parking lot and an alternate staircase, but it's going to mean a long walk for the moving guys from their truck to our apartment. They're going to have their work cut out for them. They're arriving at noon, and the predicted high today is 98 (it will most likely be 100 or warmer). We stocked up on lots of bottled water for them.

In a few minutes we're getting the keys and will see the new apartment for the first time. I wonder what other surprises are in store for us. (I'm assuming there was a mix-up with the moving company and we'll get either our San Diego stuff or our D.C. stuff today, but not both. I'll be surprised if the one thing that goes right is that our stuff is all delivered together.)