and so it goes

i got up early this morning to head downtown to the permits office, armed with my photos of the roads from every angle. i hate driving downtown and really hate trying to park downtown. somehow i got there and found a free street spot. i paralleled parked on the first try - not bad since i haven't needed to do it since we moved out of our last house. i was parked about 5 blocks away and as i was walking my sandal broke. i had to limp and waddle at the same time to try to keep my shoe on. must have looked funny to all the passing rush hour traffic. found the permits office easily and went right to the street permit counter. i explained my situation to the little old man working there (i swear he's probably worked at that same exact counter for at least 40 years.) he handed me the permit application and then requested 3 copies of a measured drawing of the streets in question. WHAT???? the lady on the phone yesterday said photographs. the little man was not impressed with my multitude of photos. i burst into tears again. where the heck do you get a measured drawing of your property??? i certainly have no clue. the little old man and the other lady behind the counter felt bad for me so they said they could look up the streets in their little computer program and make print outs in lieu of measured drawings. then the little man asks me how long they will be on the street. i told him no more than 5 days, but probably more like 2-3 days. at that point, he said that i didn't even need a permit. even for 2 PODS. seriously. i went all the way down there for nothing because the PODS people and the permit office lady from yesterday didn't know what they are talking about. love it. anyone need any detailed photos of westbrook avenue and stratford avenue?!?!?! as soon as i got to work i called PODS back to book my 2 new PODS and schedule the move of all 3 PODS from richmond to the driveway of my uncle's house in massachusetts, since we don't know where in boston we'll be. seems pretty simple to me, but apparently not. after spending one hour and 34 minutes on the phone with two different service representatives i have all my PODS needs met (i think.) because the last lady i was working with seemed somewhat incompetent i will probably call back later tonight to verify that everything is set up correctly. but assuming it is set up the way we discussed, 2 new PODS will be delivered to our house here on 7/9 and picked up on 7/12. on 7/13, all three PODS will start a long journey to the PODS warehouse in ludlow, ma to arrive there no later than 7/20. emotional roller coaster (temporarily) good. in other news, got a message from the realtor. the lawyer dude is apparently out of the picture now. he loved the house. his parents loved the house. it is exactly what he and his fiancee are looking for. but his fiancee won't even come look at it because it's not in the west end of richmond. i can seriously throw a softball into the west end from our front yard. sigh. realtor called her a princess. i laughed. but the realtor has left a message with the other interested dude from the open house, so maybe we'll hear from them soon. or maybe the west end princess will change her mind. at least i have PODS. and PODS packing people to pack my PODS. that's something.