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SirKenin -> RE: We are moving today...and... (3/13/2006 3:44:12 PM)
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Thank you all for your very kind, encouraging replies and warm wishes.
Level, thank you for sharing your very sad story and helping to put the whole thing back in perspective.
Well, we are pretty much moved in. Unfortunately I could not afford to hire movers, so I had to pay some friends to do it. The other thing that I failed to mention is that due to severe negligence on the part of the builders of the other house, the stairs in the garage collapsed on Me and I hit My back very hard. Needless to say I injured Myself very badly. The doctor perscribed percosets for the pain. Thing is, I had to pretty much sit and watch while everyone else did the work. As it was, the percs made Me very ill and I ended up getting sick a couple of times during the day. So much for enjoying the beer and pizza. I am in the process of starting negotiations with the builders to reach a settlement before I sue them. So that made life interesting.
What made it even more interesting was that two of the people helping Me move had to bring a bunch of drama with them. One was moaning and groaning about the loss of some of her family, bringing it up wondering why I was being so cold hearted while she was all over one of the other movers, pawing each other and following each other into the bathroom. Then she was going on about all the money she had, how she paid $100 for her purse and a bunch of other stuff. I got mad at her and told her to smarten up or take the next bus home, and that is when she went on and on about the deaths in the family and why was I doing this to her, blah blah blah.
The other guy did not call his girlfriend half way through the day, so she called up to yell and scream at him and then dump him, putting all his belongings out on the front steps. Regular fucking nutcase. He added all his drama.
Then My girlfriend wondered why I would not put him up for the night because he did not have anywhere to go. I made a choice not to personalize his problems. I paid him $150 to help Me. I bought him dinner and he ate like he had not eaten in a week. What more was I supposed to do? I was so stressed by the end of the day all I wanted to do was curl up in bed and cry.
These people were supposed to help us and make our life easier. That day was all about us. Instead they made it all about them. Some of My stuff, like My $3000 printer, got broken to boot. They are just belongings, and they can get repaired, but that is not really the point. There was so much for Me to deal with, on top of being on the verge of a breakdown just from the move itself, that I did not know how to cope. Thankfully I happened to have some tranquilizers kicking around for just such an occasion, so I just went to bed and drifted off to sleep. He was bugging Me to come back to the house, but I had to say no. I could not cope with even one more small thing.
So there is how the move went. Right now I am still on the percs, but today has been better. It makes Me feel warm inside that I finally get just enough of the network hooked up that I can get online and here are all these people that really care and put a smile on My face. I am sure you can now imagine how much I needed that, and for Level to help put it back in perspective in realizing it could have been much worse.
Again, thank you.
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