catch up

it's been almost a week. have you missed me? i'll check the comments next, and find out. so, mom and allie came with no trouble. they shut my phone line off in the old place friday morning. mom was gonna sleep in the new place friday so she wouldn't have to wake up so early to pick up the uhaul. when we got up there, no electricity. called comed, they said it's been on. called maintenance, he said he'd come look at it. we went to target to get mom camping supplies. called john again and he said the breaker was out, he couldn't get a new one till saturday morning, couldn't fix it till after he got home from work saturday. so mom camped out. allie and i went south to finish packing.
everyone showed up mostly on time sat, except for g, who said she had the flu. it was long and tiring, but everything went fine- ch and mom called themselves thelma and louise and drove the uhaul everywhere without getting lost. plants, bike, bags of clothes fit in jen's van and pam & mike's car. the uhaul was packed so well nothing even shifted.

jen, z, and pam

mike the gargoyle
we bought bags of ice to keep the food cold in the fridge and freezer. we discovered a huge leak above my toilet. i learned the indian place doesn't start delivering until 4, so jen and i found a takeout place. i got lots of high quality, middle priced indian food. my movers enjoyed it.
allie mom and i started unpacking, and got dinner at the new, adorable "blue elephant" around the corner. while we were eating it, my ceiling fan turned on. john came up, and almost started to cry when i showed him the leak. he didn't care at all about the phone jacks or the stove after that- he just said to call the gas and phone company. but sat. night i had electricity, and sunday morning the leak was fixed. unfortunately, i couldn't call the other utilities until today- major problem with the holiday weekend.
sun. ch invited us over for lunch, so we spent the morning trying to sand down my kitchen cupboards enough that the doors shut- a thankless task. they still don't, but it's a bit closer. lunch was a nice break- so glad he lives so close! and mom and allie got to meet jack. then we went shopping, but z had a headache, and if z's not happy no one around her can be. so she didn't enjoy american apparel or urban outfitters- and she didn't even want to enjoy the photo exhibit in millenium park- we ended up only seeing half of it. we came home, ate dinner, and she took a nap. mom and i went to montrose harbor to watch the fireworks with ch and jack. it was really nice, but z was mad when we came home. i was SO exhausted, and they were starting to have a fight, but i woudn't let them. so instead it was knockdown, drag out all morning. sigh. thanks for blessing my home with all the bad vibes of the way we relate every time we get together. luckily they were a bigger help then their bad energy.
however, was glad to see them go after that. g came over for an hour to help me hang up posters. i was still tired, quiet, turned off. i'm really over her. it won't be hard for her to go to costa rica. she's not in my life now, really. once she left i was too tired to work anymore, so i took a shower, ate a sandwich, and watched the incredibles. i liked it!
was so sad this morning when i woke up with no breakfast food in the cupboards. i know where the dunkin donuts is, though, so i bought myself a bagel for my new commute. i'm so excited! i wonder how long it will take for it to get old or normal. can you believe i live off the RED line? i can't. i ride the train everyday! horray! called the utilities. gas guy will come tomorrow morning, phone will be fixed by tomorrow. or so the computer says. we'll see. i bought a huge pothos from work to hang in the window alcove in my shower. now i'm dragging it around with me. i'm in the library now, using their computer access. i have a production meeting (scary!) tomorrow that i have to do research for. now. not having internet access sucks. it makes me think about getting high speed, but my cable was much too long so mom and i hacked it off in the kitchen. and dsl comes through the phone lines too. sigh. it will work out, i know it will.
i don't know about the irish 1930s costumes, though. will those work out? i can't seem to get anything done in the summer time. come on now! i'm moving! no way am i gonna do school work!
i seem to be obsessed with unpacking. i did it all immediately- i want home to be home. i have huge boxes in my closet, though. i miss all the built in storage in my old closet. i need to go to ikea, get some more drawers, cupboards, for all my clothes and letterwriting supplies, clip art, yarn, games, etc. there's great storage at my new place, but up high storage, inaccessable storage, stand on a stool to get it kind of storage- not flip through envelopes kind of storage.
so it should all be ready(not the boxes in the closet, but everything else) when the wedding nazi and her family come tomorrow. i'm a little bit worried. but hey, how much emotional damage can anyone do in 2 days?

stay tuned to find out.