SNOWPOCALYPSE!

  My wonderful friends to the North have had an absolutely miserable winter! And over the years, I have endured many a harsh winter. One winter that comes to mind, was about 4 years ago. Blizzard after blizzard, and below zero temps for weeks on end. Thought I was going to lose my mind, with snow days. So, this morning, has me LOL-ing. Woke up to a dusting of snow, literally a dusting, and school is closed. There are accidents all over the place, so I won't be going anywhere today. I don't really need some idiot ramming into me, because they don't know how to drive in the massive amount of snow that's on the ground. It's a good day to snuggle with the kids, who are missing their dad, and get out our sleds.....oh wait.....never-mind. 

  A friend this morning, reminded me(I may have blocked it out) that from the very beginning of this move, it has been CRAZY! Of course all Army families go through at least one awful move at some on their path to retirement. We have been somewhat lucky, and have had decent moves. This one was a doozy, for sure. It started when the packers showed up to pack our house (15,000lbs of stuff) with 2 people, and told us it was a two day job. Well, anyone with a brain, would know that it was mathematically impossible for them to pack our house with two people in two days. They quickly realized their mistake. When they finally load our life's possessions onto the semi, they tell us, "Oh, the driver quit, we have no one to take your stuff to Mississippi."  Uhhhhh, what????  They say that they will be putting all of our stuff in a wear house, until they can find a driver.  We were given no possible date for this. We all know that stuff in a wear house is never good. Things "walk away" and get "misplaced".   There was nothing we could do about it, phone calls were made to discuss our displeasure, but we were at their mercy.  So, we arrived at our new home, with no possessions, except what we could fit into our two cars.  We think, ok, it won't be long until they get a driver, I mean everyone needs a job these days. 

Turns out, we were too optimistic. Why would we expect a "door to door" move to take a month to complete? A month for our things to go from point A to point B, an 11 hour drive.  The moving company told us, that they would be willing to send our essentials in the first shipment. Ok, I guess that's fine. What did they send??? Our Christmas tree, it was June. The top of our dining room table. 5 pieces of our Rubbermaid shed. A headboard and footboard to a bed, no rails. Absolutely NOTHING from the kitchen.  You know, the essentials.  By the end of June we had everything. Well, just about. I think there were 5 or 6 boxes missing.  The parent company of the local moving company, was actually very accommodating. Of course, if you are the VP of said company, and you are in fear of losing your government contract, then you too, would bend over backwards to try and make your customer happy. They reimbursed us, for all of our expenses we incurred during the month. I still would like compensation for pain and suffering.  

This is what I call foreshadowing........