Well, I've had a couple of spanners fall into my carefully oiled removal plans. The quote from the removal firm came back more than my possessions are worth and my next door neighbours felt uncomfortable about my yard sale on the grounds of security. We share a courtyard and their house is empty for much of the time. I completely understand their reservations and have cancelled but it does leave me with the prospect of doing a car boot sale and all that entails. And I'm sure the removals quote is the going rate, and a pretty competitive one at that.
Bother.
I will now have to think of a way of doing the move on the cheap. In the olden, golden, pre-illness days I would have done it myself with the help of some hefty friends. I have sent a little prayer out to the God of Removals to see if I can find Man with Van, or Men with Van, or Woman or Women with Van.
Unlike chronic illness, death and taxes, these are small problems that can be sorted. However, I am already anxious about doing the car boot sale next weekend. My daughter is coming down to help. It's going to mean an early start, loading the car, unloading the car and then reloading again at the end. I'll have to rest on the back seat and take plenty of food and drink. I'm already worried about it to the point of not sleeping, I've had two nights lying awake fretting. I keep telling myself the worst that can happen is I 'push through' and then crash. The point of the yard sale was to avoid all the loading and unloading. I need to do the sale to reduce the amount of stuff I'm taking to Wales and raise some money for van hire.
Bother, bother, bother.
It's always the small stuff that trips you up isn't it?
I did have to laugh though. When the removals company sent me the quote by email, some disaffected employee had changed the file name from Shire to Shite removals.
4 comments:
I find it's the worrying that will get you every time! The event itself won't be half as bad as you think it will be ... but, by then you've worried yourself into a crash anyway! Good luck getting through it.
I too find the worrying is can be almost as taxing as the event itself.
I saved your comment on my blog post. I removed my blog post that I did on Friday because it rambled too much. I thought your comment was right on and will spark a blog post in the future about the difference in medical care.
I had a good chuckle about the "shite removal" error.
Terri
Worrying.....it seems to follow us like our shadow, doesn't it. What I worry about is never as bad as what comes either! Hope it is the same for you and your sale....AND move!
Hey Jo,
I think because we have all probably had some experiences of crashing when away from home it tends to worry us a lot when considering future plans. With me I find I worry more when my gut feeling is telling me I shouldn't do something and my mind is trying to justify it...
You know, you may really enjoy the day of bantering with the haglers?? Something tells me you would be good at that!! : )
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