Saturday, January 24, 2009
Who am I
Has anyone else ever woken up one morning and discovered that they really don't know who they are anymore. I don't know what or why it is that it seems that since we've moved to CA I have no idea who I am. I thought I was done "finding myself"... you know all those wonderful teenage/ college years. But here I am wondering- I know the basics- I am a daughter of God, I am the eldest daughter of Kent and Beverly, the sister to Dan,Christina, Liz, Andrew and Dave "Trophy" wife of Brian (haha) mom to Ty, Harley, Tank, and Chopper (you know I have to include them..) daughter in law to Joe and Bonnie, sister in law to Amanda, Andrea, Todd Greg, Carinna, Brittney, Alex, Riley, Kelly, Kaitlin, Kevin. Photographer, nursery leader, cub scout leader. But what does that all mean- am I really a nice person or am I really a just mean, am I a glass half full or am I really a pessimist, am I funny or am I boring? Sadly right now I dunno maybe all this questioning comes from all the changes that seem to be happening and somewhere in our storage unit I'll find where I packed myself but for now stay tuned I just might be the next American Idol...
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Day Eight
We got up and left Winnemucca at 5:30 am and the Angel's sang hallelujah
and then we got to Reno....
I'm not sure if we got lucky and got to work with all the "special" people at Budget or if they only hire them but we were met at Reno with what we lovingly call a dee de dee (For instance Brian walks into the store and asks the guy if he knows if the moving crew is here or not. The employee's response I don't know you'll have to call the 1800 number.... it only got better)
Budget was suppose to call the national moving company and have movers at the truck at 7:30, instead they called us at 7:30 to say they were getting ready to call the movers to see when they could come. Budget said they would send a crew of around 4-6 people... we had 2 guys at 10 am and their "fast" was Tyler's crawl... (Ty doesn't crawl so you can only imagine)
Brian gave the movers a B- they were actually stronger than they looked and didn't do too bad. We only had to put the box spring and a few pots in the 4Runner. And they did get it all done in 3- 3.5 hours.
OK so I don't know if my expectations are too high so you tell me:
I went with Ty to a resort to get a room for the day (It was 35 degrees outside, and he did NOT want to stay in the car while we waited all morning (we were there waiting at 7:30) Anyways I walk into this resort thinking to myself uh-oh I should probably go somewhere else it's probably too pricey. Talk to the front desk she says $45 plus tax I think to myself hey it's better than the 126 we were paying in Winnemucca...
SO I drag Ty and what I need to keep him busy for a few hours up to our room all the while he pees on me cuz his diaper is too full.
Get upstairs the room STINKS, there is something crusty on the floor, there's no liners in the trash can, no pool, and NO Wi-FI (Even motel 8 advertised free we-fi in WINNEMUCCA!) Have you guys ever heard of a resort that doesn't have a pool? AND later on when Brian was giving Ty a bath and drying him off he found a "poop" stain on the towel that didn't come from Ty.... needless to say they gave us 50% discount but I was still pretty upset and the manager wouldn't come talk to me. I think that for 4 hours and the towel they should've given us a full discount, but again I might have too high of expectations.
We finally made it back to CA around 6:30 pm it seems that two of my plants died on the trip (thanks to Budgets wonderful time frame) other than that everything seems to have made it safely into our storage unit.
I am grateful this trial I mean trip is done....
and then we got to Reno....
I'm not sure if we got lucky and got to work with all the "special" people at Budget or if they only hire them but we were met at Reno with what we lovingly call a dee de dee (For instance Brian walks into the store and asks the guy if he knows if the moving crew is here or not. The employee's response I don't know you'll have to call the 1800 number.... it only got better)
Budget was suppose to call the national moving company and have movers at the truck at 7:30, instead they called us at 7:30 to say they were getting ready to call the movers to see when they could come. Budget said they would send a crew of around 4-6 people... we had 2 guys at 10 am and their "fast" was Tyler's crawl... (Ty doesn't crawl so you can only imagine)
Brian gave the movers a B- they were actually stronger than they looked and didn't do too bad. We only had to put the box spring and a few pots in the 4Runner. And they did get it all done in 3- 3.5 hours.
OK so I don't know if my expectations are too high so you tell me:
I went with Ty to a resort to get a room for the day (It was 35 degrees outside, and he did NOT want to stay in the car while we waited all morning (we were there waiting at 7:30) Anyways I walk into this resort thinking to myself uh-oh I should probably go somewhere else it's probably too pricey. Talk to the front desk she says $45 plus tax I think to myself hey it's better than the 126 we were paying in Winnemucca...
SO I drag Ty and what I need to keep him busy for a few hours up to our room all the while he pees on me cuz his diaper is too full.
Get upstairs the room STINKS, there is something crusty on the floor, there's no liners in the trash can, no pool, and NO Wi-FI (Even motel 8 advertised free we-fi in WINNEMUCCA!) Have you guys ever heard of a resort that doesn't have a pool? AND later on when Brian was giving Ty a bath and drying him off he found a "poop" stain on the towel that didn't come from Ty.... needless to say they gave us 50% discount but I was still pretty upset and the manager wouldn't come talk to me. I think that for 4 hours and the towel they should've given us a full discount, but again I might have too high of expectations.
We finally made it back to CA around 6:30 pm it seems that two of my plants died on the trip (thanks to Budgets wonderful time frame) other than that everything seems to have made it safely into our storage unit.
I am grateful this trial I mean trip is done....
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Day Seven
Guess what-
nope we're still in Winnemucca... but there is good news and bad news.
bad news. Our friend Richard, the mechanic who now knows us by name did all that he could do. Put in a new starter but no luck the electrical mechanic system is fried and has to be taken to a CAT place.
Good new. They are towing our truck to Reno tonight/tomorrow morning and will have a crew to switch our stuff from the crappy truck to a new truck. We will be leaving Winnemucca tomorrow at 5 am and hopefully be on our way to Sac by by noon.
We can always be hopefull
nope we're still in Winnemucca... but there is good news and bad news.
bad news. Our friend Richard, the mechanic who now knows us by name did all that he could do. Put in a new starter but no luck the electrical mechanic system is fried and has to be taken to a CAT place.
Good new. They are towing our truck to Reno tonight/tomorrow morning and will have a crew to switch our stuff from the crappy truck to a new truck. We will be leaving Winnemucca tomorrow at 5 am and hopefully be on our way to Sac by by noon.
We can always be hopefull
Day Six
MONDAY!!!
Called mechanic just about every hour since 8 AM.... waiting on diagnostics... waiting on parts... ordered a new starter will be here on Tues at 10:30 AM I had to shoot a cover for work so I drove around town finding a spot- amazingly enough not a whole lot in this one horse town. But I did find a park. Went back to hotel took T swimming like we have for the past 2 days. Then went back to park to play for awhile. Found a not so bad diner maybe things will start looking up at least dinner was better tonight. Thank goodness for free fake eggs and bagels in the mornings :)
Called mechanic just about every hour since 8 AM.... waiting on diagnostics... waiting on parts... ordered a new starter will be here on Tues at 10:30 AM I had to shoot a cover for work so I drove around town finding a spot- amazingly enough not a whole lot in this one horse town. But I did find a park. Went back to hotel took T swimming like we have for the past 2 days. Then went back to park to play for awhile. Found a not so bad diner maybe things will start looking up at least dinner was better tonight. Thank goodness for free fake eggs and bagels in the mornings :)
Day Five
Sunday is supposed to be a day of blessings and uplift right- so say a prayer and things will work right? Not today... A diesel mechanic came (the one who is suppose to be the know all of these fan-dangled trucks) and looked at the truck for about 3 hours. (You know something is wrong when he's shaking his head) Of course all the while Ty and I have packed everything up and are waiting in the hotel room hoping. About 2 pm Budget decides to tow the truck to the mechanics shop in hopes that it is a bad starter and it can be fixed Monday maybe tuesday... went to Raley's grocery store for dinner- chicken strips cold and rubbery, potatoes taste like they were boiled in bath water (used) and Mac n cheese was made with sour milk and moldy cheese. Needless to say outlook is not looking good
Day Four
A Mechanic came and looked at the van for about 3 hours this morning, hoping to leave we packed everything out to the car and sat with a late check out hoping to get of here. About 2 pm Budget says there is no one available to fix the truck. Another night, one grocery store, no wal-mart. Stinky clothes try again tomorrow
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