With things being so close to being done at the house, I am coming up at roadblock after roadblock this week it seems. It’s frustrating and disheartening when I am aching to be in my own space after so much time elsewhere… it will be so very nice to feel settled again (not to mention being able to spread out in a bed all to myself rather than being inadvertently kicked by two little girls all night long).
All the appliances were supposed to be delivered on Monday, but when I went to house that afternoon, there was still no sign of them and no calls indicating when they might come. So I called the appliance company to see what was going on, only to find out that while the order was slated for delivery, it was never loaded onto the truck. Turns out in all my distraction, I forgot that I still owed a (fairly hefty) balance on the order. So while it was my fault, the woman I spoke to did tell me that when a person books delivery, they usually tell you what the balance owing is and that you have to pay it three days ahead of delivery. They didn’t tell me any of that ahead of time, but in all fairness, if I’d really been on the ball, I would have known that myself if I had just checked my files to confirm ahead of time. So I did go in and get everything paid for and sorted out, arranging for delivery Tuesday afternoon. The carpenter working at the house that day finished a bit early, so we called the delivery dispatch and arranged for them to call the production manager to give him a 15-minute warning so he could meet them and let them into the house. So they called him at 3:30, telling him they’d be there soon… off he went to the house, and when they still weren’t there at 4:15, he called them back and found out they were “one minute away”. By 4:30, he called them again and it sounds as thought they were nowhere even close. So, supposedly they were supposed to come to house “first thing this morning” – we shall see if that in fact has come to pass when I go to the house later today.
Also, the production manager let me know yesterday morning that because of the delays in getting the kitchen sink, we won’t have the kitchen countertops until the end of next week. Sigh. While it (sort-of) seemed like a good idea at the time to order some things from a friend to save a few dollars, in the long run, I actually don’t think it was worth the savings when measured against the hassle of trying to track it all down and get it in a timely fashion. If doing it over, I’d certainly be very willing to pay the premium and just have the contractors handle it all. I’ve had no complaints at all with them to date, and it would certainly be worth an extra few dollars to just have them handle it.
So even without the countertops in place, most other things will be done by then and good to go, so the movers are booked and we are moving in on Monday as planned. I think my relief at being there at long last will outweigh the inconvenience of living a few days without countertops – although I may change my tune next week 
