emotional rollercoaster crash

so yesterday i was doing good. had a great weekend in annapolis for chris and katie's gorgeous wedding. the open house sunday had a record turn out (5!), including 2 different interested parties that are scheduling follow-up showings, one for this wednesday most likely. i created the best damn moving to-do list ever and was rocking and rolling on it. i got quotes for 2 more PODS as well as PODS packing people (PPPs). then i hired the PPPs first since i figured they'd be the hardest to schedule as they only need to be here for one day. all it seemed i had to do was actually book the PODS themselves but that would be easy - as long as they are here when the movers come it doesn't matter when they are delivered or picked up. so i actually have a leaving richmond date. finally. (PODS are being packed on 7/10 so i'm outta here on 7/11.) stuff was getting accomplished. life was good. life was happy. but... apparently that's not allowed. in a my name is earl moment, karma decided i had more than enough good yesterday so i needed some serious crap to deal with. i called PODS back today to book the 2 PODS i need to store the rest of the contents of the house. easy, right? wrong. the lady reminds me that PODS can only be on the city street for 5 days without a permit. fine. no biggie. i already knew that. i really only need them there for 1-2 days to be packed by the PPPs. then she throws me a curve ball. apparently you can only have one PODS at a time without a permit from the city of richmond. not even allowed to place the order for 2 to be delivered without the permit already in hand. of course i learn this at 4:45 p.m. which means i won't be able get anything done today due to the glory that is city government. plus if i don't order the PODS soon i may not be able to get them here for when the PPPs will be here. and the PPPs are already paid for. crap. if i can't get this permit asap we are out a crapload of $$$ and i still have no way of getting all this stuff to massachusetts. i quickly called some random city phone number and told my sob story to 2 people before i ended up in the right department to obtain a PODS permit. the lady tells me that i'll need to come down to their office and fill out a permit application that may or may not cost me up to $100. i also need to bring with me photos of the street where i'd like to place the PODS. oh yeah. and the normal turnaround time for a permit is 5-10 business days, or more. i feel bad for the lady because at that point i lost it and just starting sobbing uncontrollably about how i don't have that kind of time, and i'm 7 months pregnant, doing this all alone, and everything's gone to hell. she must have felt bad for me because she gave me the supervisor dude's name and said that if i asked for him when i came in and told him my story he'd help expedite it as much as he could. but still no guarantee that i can get it in enough time to order the PODS and get the PODS delivered in time for the PPPs to pack them so that i am not out a boatload of money. other really fun tidbit of info - the permit office, of course is only open from 8-5 M-F, all days and times that i need to be at my full time job over 45 minutes away. as soon as i got home i took a bunch of photos of the streets and sent them off the walgreens.com to process. i'll have to pick them up at the scary ghetto walgreens in a couple of hours when they are ready so that i can have them with me tomorrow when i am waiting at the permit office at 7:45 a.m. for them to open so as not to miss too much work. can't miss too much work because i need to get paid so that i can afford all these movers that might not even have to move anything for me. love it. oh and i haven't heard anything from the damn realtor if the people are coming to see the house tomorrow or not. don't know if i need to be cleaning tonight so it's nice when they come. don't know if i need to leave work at any point to come take the dogs out of the house when they come. chances are in typical our-stupid-realtor fashion he'll call me at work tomorrow at like 4 and say that the people are coming at 4:30. he's really good with the advance notice. i work 30 minutes away. not possible buddy. but it's not like we can afford to turn interested people away. we need to sell this house like 2 months ago. i have officially had a nervous breakdown. there's just no way this is going to work out.