Today's prompt is " The first thing you ate today was". Velveeta shells and cheese courtesy of Caleb.
Oh man. It is now 11:12 p.m. here. It was one hell of a day. I woke up around 7:45 a.m. and began my morning routine around 8:00 a.m. Shortly after taking my medication and eating something, I began to work on my living room. My back was hurting when I woke up. I had no choice but to make room for the new furniture that was to be delivered today. I spent as much time as I could clearing the area. While I was in my therapy appointment, Caleb moved the couch out of the house by himself. After my therapy appointment I went back to work picking up trash and shop vacuuming the floor. There were at least 5 whole bags of trash taken out. The living room did not look clean by 12:00 p.m. when we left to go get the u-haul truck. We went to where I was scheduled to pick up the truck, but that location was closed due to the hurricane. That location had no power. I had no way to pick up the truck. Then, I got a call that the movers were going to be late. They were scheduled to be here at 12:15 p.m. I was so stressed out by all of this. I had no truck. I had no movers.
I was told to call 1-800-GO-UHAUL. I waited for more than an hour and no one helped me find a truck. I used Caleb's phone to call the other local U-haul location to see if they were open and had a truck. They were open and had a 20 foot truck, so we took off to go pick it up. While we were waiting to pick it up, the movers arrived at the furniture location, and were waiting. The people giving the furniture were waiting. I drove to the pick up location, and it took the movers all of 10 minutes to load the truck! They were fast!
I was embarrassed by the sight of my living room, but had no choice but to move the furniture in. They moved the furniture in. The whole job was complete and the truck was returned before 4:30 p.m. I was happy because it got hot all of a sudden. Caleb, who originally did not want to move new furniture into the house, loves the new stuff! And it was all free! He is sleeping on the new couch right now.
When we got home from returning the truck, I went right to my bed to cool off. My body hurt so much, that it was hard to walk. I was so sore all over.
I got so busy during the day that I neglected to start the crock pot dinner I had planned. The meat was still frozen even though I moved it to the fridge. So I decided to make grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner.
The morning was tough. Caleb was in a foul mood and refused to help me clean the living room. By the time my therapy appointment came, he was helping. I was straining to bend over and pick up trash and shop vac the floor as much as I could. My legs were on the verge of giving out from squatting.
When I had started cleaning, it was raining outside. When we went to get the truck, the sun was back shining and hot.
I am just glad the day is over. It was so much stress, and so much work. Tomorrow we plan to get more cleaning done, and move the furniture where we want it to be. Right now, it is just kind of inside the house , but not put where it needs to be. I did not have a good idea about where things should go because I did not know how much we would be able to have clean before the furniture came.
I am so damn thirsty. Caleb put 3 icy hot patches on my back and I put the maximum pain relief cream where I could reach on my neck, shoulders, and pelvis. I feel better now, but don't expect it to last.
I can not even describe to you how much trash was on our floor. To make things worse, the shop vac spilled its contents on to the floor and I did not have time to get it all back up. I was glad that the movers were not treating me badly due to the sight of my living arrangements. They got the job done, and were pretty happy to be working. I enjoyed working with them.
The U-haul guy was nice too. He was funny and kept my spirits up. He saved the day. I would not have furniture without a truck to move it all in.
I don't have words to describe the majority of the day. It was hectic and stressful. I did not know if the guy who was giving the furniture would be able to wait for me to pick it up. I did not know when the movers would arrive. I did not know if I would get a truck, even though I had reserved one. I did not know if I would have enough of the living room space cleared. I did not know if I could move the couch out to the porch before the movers got here. I did not know if my therapy appointment would cause me to fail my mission. I did not know if Caleb was going to ever help me. I knew I could not succeed by myself. There just wasn't enough time. I have to take breaks every 10-15 minutes because I can't stay bent over like that.
I never did my hair. I didn't even put on deodorant today. I knew I was funky smelling and looking. I looked like a crazy woman. I did not care. I had a mission, and that is what was important to me. The mission is complete and I am here to write about it! HOOAH! I am Army Strong! (with Veteran Pains LOL)
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