I generally try (really hard) to have my "stuff" together so that I am prepared for just about any situation (which is why my Minivan is called "Carmageddon") and, for quite some time now, this has been working out just perfectly. Until Sunday, August 10th when I got my first lesson. Luke had indicated that he wanted that night to be our first night sleeping in the new house. The movers were coming the next day for the big stuff but the beds were pretty easy so Andy and I said "sure thing, buddy" and got to work. I was standing on the tool box that is in the bed of Mordu and, after getting our king-size bed onto the truck, decided to do my very best "Kerri Strugg" dismount backwards while wearing flip flops and while I did "stick" the landing, my left ankle has been in near-constant pain ever since. But we slept at the new house that night!!
Lesson 2: I love my iPhone. I love it so much that for some reason I decided to keep it tucked into my sports bra for the entire move on Monday. It was not really happy with that public display of affection and rewarded me by completely freaking out and the screen was either black and would not display who was calling/texting or it was red and angry looking. I fretted over this thing for 4 days!! Andy got really annoyed with me and finally I had to suck it up and pay $100 for a new screen.
Lesson 3: I have already said that I love my iPhone. I love it so much that our main front door lock is iPhone-enabled which means that I can unlock the door with it. I had not had time to get the lock set-up yet and Terri, our builder, kept telling me to do so but since we usually go in downstairs, I wasn't worried about it too much. Well, last Wednesday, I needed to go inside to get something and when I went in downstairs, I discovered that I could not go upstairs because the painters had been there putting polyurethane on the stair treads. Ok fine, I do have an actual key for the main front door upstairs so I tried that. Turns out that was a key to the construction lock which had long since been removed. I was pretty much locked out of the house until the stairs were dry, 3 hours later!! I immediately set up the iPhone lock so that won't happen again!
Lesson 4: The day after we moved in was a play day for me and the kids so on Wednesday, we really, really needed to get some laundry done. I was excited about using our brand new washer and dryer so I loaded it up and went on to other things. When it got to the spin cycle, I thought our house was going to fall down! It was sooooo loud and the washer moved so much that the kids and I were kinda scared! I let it finish the load and put the clothes in the dryer and started a second but much smaller load. Same thing happened! It was so crazy! Then Andy's Uncle Danny came over and we ran it empty and it didn't make a noise or move at all. So I did another load and this time it moved so much that it scratched the paint on the OPPOSITE wall and scratched it's own front door! That night, Andy and I tried to level it again and it did it again. I scheduled service for this past Tuesday. They said they would be here between 8am and 12pm. So I made arrangements for my mom to pick Katie up from school because I figured they would arrive at 11:55am. That morning, they texted to say the technician was on the way. Rats! I did NOT anticipate them being that early!! So, I left a note to call me when they arrived, then called our friend and neighbor, Craig, to go sit in my driveway while I took Luke and Katie to school. This is at 7:55am. I drop Luke off and head to Katie's school. At 8:10am, Craig calls to say they are here so I tell him how to get in. I drop Katie off and get back to my house at 8:32 to find that the technician is gone. Craig said all he had to do was remove the 4 shipping bolts (which had gotten sheared off from all the shaking) and the 4 spacers that the plumbers didn't remove at installation. All is quiet and peaceful now at laundry time!
Lesson 5: Yesterday, our friend, Ashly, asked if I would pick up her daughter Blayne, when I picked Luke up from school. Sure thing. Then it started raining so I chose to go in Carmageddon instead of on the golf cart because I was not sure what the school was going to do. Well, Katie and I left at 2:45 to secure a good spot in the car rider line. I tried to stay out of traffic and, since it had been raining, the shoulder was all muddy so I went right into the ditch! I called Ashly to tell her, then I called a tow truck who said it would be 40 minutes until he could get there, then I called Unk to see if he was close and could he help me. By the grace of God, he was in Clear Lake Shores and would head my way. George, who is our Public Works guy in CLS, passed by and saw my predicament. Ashly came and got Katie, George got a chain and Unk pulled me out! Then, a Kemah police officer arrived followed by the tow truck. The cop told me that I didn't have to pay them since they didn't pull me out and went on his way (after scanning my driver license to make sure I am not a felon!) and Unk waited with me a few minutes to make sure the tow truck guys didn't give me any trouble. All of this happened before school was dismissed at 3:15!!
This has been an incredibly humbling time for me. I am reading the book of Job and so is Andy. We talked a little bit last night about it and I asked him if thought it seems like Job is whining a little bit. Andy said that Job had suffered the worst day in the history of time and deserved to talk about it and that maybe his "sin" was the sin of pride and of thinking that he was blameless and perfect. We all know that there has only been one perfect human being to ever walk this planet. Hmmmmmm....maybe that's the lesson that I need to learn from these past 2.5 weeks....Lesson learned!
Also, BTHOsc!! Gig 'em, Aggies!
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