Our stuff arrived this morning. That is, the stuff that was marked for 'immediate delivery' - i.e. a load of things we cannot live without. The only things I recall requesting being marked for 'Immediate Delivery' were my PC, the XBox, and a few baby toys. What actually arrived was my PC, Dylans PC, a printer, a bunch of other electricals, the entire contents of my linen cupboard at home, the bedding from the spare room, Harry's crib mattress (no crib), the light fixtures from Dylans room, every item of clothing that G owns, 3 suitcases, a stroller, a piece of a vaccum cleaner, fourteen thousand coat hangers, 2 high chairs, a baby chair, a soccer ball, a star wars light sabre, 3 laundry baskets and a video camera. Hmm. As you can imagine, we are now completely swamped with crap that we don't need with no clue how we are going to move it to the new house when the time comes. On top of that is the worry that apparently we had 32,000lb worth of goods and only 20,000lb worth of allowance. No idea what that bill is going to be like but I sure as hell am not paying it!
Next on the agenda for today was to get my hair extensions removed. Loads of them had fallen out and it was beginning to look scraggy. Also it'd, despite following care instructions to the letter, become very dry and tangled and impossible to deal with. I found a salon online and asked if I could come in and then spent a couple of hours in the chair while she took them out. The bliss of being able to run a brush through my hair is second to none. It is crap short, but it's so much easier, I blow dried it in about 10 seconds flat as opposed to 2.5 hrs previously.
We then drove into Seattle, taking note of the car pool lane which is a fantastic idea..... only available to use with 2+ people in a car. Bizarrely everyone else sits in solid traffic on their ownsome while the carpool lane flies along.
Seattle is lovely, very hilly, busy, vibrant and happening. After the deadness of Toronto this is just brilliant to observe.
Did a brief stop at Target on the way home (ner ner canadian friends I did think of you while browsing!) and stocked up on a couple of non essentials.
Since home have been unpacking the bizarre boxes and have yet to eat, and still feeling utterly jet lagged and exhausted.
Posted by katie at July 12, 2005 10:57 PMGlad to hear you're all there safely and are beginning to get sorted!
Bizarre that you have 16 TONS of goods!!!!! Did they just pick up the entire house from Toronto and bring it to Seattle walls, roof and all?
Posted by: Aka at July 13, 2005 04:48 AMThey randomly chose some boxes and sent them here I think, the rest in storage!
Posted by: katie at July 13, 2005 10:16 AM