Moving Woes

Timeline of events of the Official moving day of One Hot Disaster:

8:30- phone call from UHaul, we have 20 minutes to pick up our truck. oops. change reservation to 5 pm
10:00- Enjoy a turkey gobbler from the bagel place next door
10:30- Begin moving Rio & Flash into house using our favorite Zipcar, Meatloaf. He is so fun. spirits are high. house looks awesome.
2:00- both are moved in, heading back to my apartment to start my stuff
2:10- Zipcar calls, apparently we are low on battery and need to drive around to fix it. No problem. Beeline to McDonald's where we play a rousing game of "who should not be eating McDonald's?" We laugh.
4:30- I meet Miss Clinton at metro to assist in retrieving UHaul. Little does he know, but he is about to be our moving companion as well.
5:00- Arrive at UHaul, power is out due to tornadoes (no big deal) They give us car without contract or computer authorization.
6:50- I do the most amazing backing in job of a UHaul ever made.
7:00- We feast on pringles and gummies, moving is hard.
7:30- The great move begins.
9:30- First load is moved in. Moving is somehow less fun than it was 12 hours ago.
1:30 am- Second load is set, we are sweaty angry and tired.
2:00- We all merrily jump in the truck to head over to drop it off and be done and then.... nothing. Truck will not start. Not even a noise it just is dead. I have been moving for 14 hours and words cannot even describe the feeling in me now.
2:45- UPD comes to jump us. First we cannot open the hood (forgot about the hood release INSIDE the car). Then nothing happens with the jumpers. We cry.
3:00- We call our friend Billy, the on-call guy for UHaul. We imagine his life story of wanting to be a mechanic with his own shop just like his father. He soon pulls up in a white pick up trick.
3:30- Billy takes out a screwdriver and sparks the ignition, starting the car. He hands us said screwdriver and tells us how to fix it in case it happens again. We are in awe, I mean maybe after 175000 miles, its time to retire the moving truck with Arizona plates.
4:00- we arrive to unload the truck, waking Flash out of her slumber. We are worried the neighbors might be suspicious of our late night moving.
5:30- go to sleep for one hour
6:30- wake up to return UHaul
7:00- arrive at UHaul store. they are closed, still without power. Thankfully 1/2 hour later arrives some employees with some McMuffins in their hands. They sympathize with my situation.

8:00 return to OHD and sleep.
10:00- call my manager and let him know I will not be coming in for the morning shift
12:00- wake up again. shower.
12:25- come downstairs refreshed and hear a mysterious dripping noise. No its not Harry Potter Puppet Pals, it is in fact water leaking from the ceiling above, onto our kitchen table and floor.
12:30 pm- I apologize Lord, for using your name in vain. Several times.
2:00- Nadia and I from housing are not friends. In fact we are far from it.
2:15- Yay we have cable...

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