I found out Friday that the moving company wouldn’t be able to deliver the stuff the same day. And that my interpretation of the question “Would you be available for delivery right away?” was obviously far different than theirs. So stuff that I packed I had to try and rush to fit in my car so I had at least a couple things for me between the time I arrived in Omaha and the time I got my stuff.

Saturday morning I woke up tired but optimistic. I contacted the moving company a couple days before to find out exactly how much I owed them at pickup, and then how much at delivery. So I had two postal money orders (they don’t take credit cards) made out to pay them both ends of the trip. This all changed, however, when my $1300 moving company showed up and said “This is going to be far more.”

I told the sales person from Olympic Relocation and Storage exactly what stuff I had, and she told me exactly how much I’d owe. There was no “unless” or “but…”. It was “You owe this. Period.” But within a couple hours my $1300 move ballooned to a hefty $2700 move due to things like “We can’t take bags of things, i’m putting them in a box for you. But i’m charging labor. And over charging for my own boxes.” I got very upset. It’s been a long time since I last went off like that, but I was in panic mode. I started throwing out things that would be cheaper to replace than to ship. I got a certain amount of money from my company to do this relocation and within a couple hours it was all gone. I still had rent to pay. I had internet to sign up for. And all the other crap that goes along with moving. Plus that fact my landlord wasn’t giving me back my security deposit because I broke my lease. I didn’t know what to do.

So I exercised the option, being they couldn’t/wouldn’t deliver my stuff right away anyway, to have them wait until Friday (or later if they feel like it) to deliver my stuff. That way I’ll be paid again, I can pay my rent, and I’ll be able to pay the movers when they come. I doubt they would have came any earlier than Friday anyway, but this way I know I’d be able to afford my stuff when they get there.

By the time they left it was late. My parents gave me the option to stay with them in Lake Geneva at a time share they had open there instead of driving all night into Omaha. Plus my leasing company hasn’t yet given me my keys or anything, so I pretty much had to stay somewhere until tomorrow. I didn’t realise Lake Geneva was 2 hours away. Argh. More driving on top of the 7hrs I had the next day wasn’t a pleasing thought, but I went anyway and increased my 7hr drive Sunday to an 8hr drive.

Sunday comes and 8 hours later I find myself in beautiful Omaha Nebraska. I meet with my leasing company, pay my first month rent, sign my lease, and get my keys. I finally have my apartment. A very dead and empty apartment.

I pump up my air mattress my dad let me use and start unpacking a couple of the bags of stuff I ended up bringing with me. A water pitcher, some coffee mugs, a can of coke, cookies my mom made me, some frozen goods, and random bags of clothes to wash. I wasn’t going to end up washing clothes so I ran to target to buy some work clothes for the next day. Luckily I did pack my work shoes in my car and forgot I did. But pretty much everything else I own is in storage at this point.

So Friday, hopefully, I’ll have my stuff. I also have my cable internet scheduled to be installed Friday morning.

I guess that’s a detailed enough story for now. But I’m here for good now. We’ll see how that goes.