As photo-documented in the last post, our furniture arrived on Wednesday.... sort of. Unfortunately, the Bekins man who estimated the tonnage of our furniture underestimated and the stuff from our condo wouldn't all fit, much less ANY of the furniture and boxes from my storage unit. So fine, we rolled with the punches and they picked up the remaining stuff in a second truck a day or so later. Well, we were under the impression that we would receive ALL shipments in the 3-day window promised to us, but alas, our second shipment won't come for THREE MORE WEEKS (they quoted us 2 weeks but that's Thanksgiving and we'll be out of town). Are you freaking kidding me?? What a big, fat disappointment. So for now we're trying to make-do with the random assortment of things we received. We received the couch but not the coffee table, the bed but not the bedside tables, the TV but not the TV stand, Patio furniture cushions but no patio furniture, DVDs but no DVD player.... etc, etc.
Also, the neighbors that live below us are terrible. Just plain awful. And noisy. And rude. And disrespectful. And they smoke in their unit and it comes up through our vents. More on them later. Or not.
Also, San Francisco highways are super stressful and confusing to navigate. Why don't they put exit numbers on any of the exits?!
Quick! Make a list of things we like about California before we enter full-blown pity-party mode:
1. Living just across the bay from an old friend, Kennedy, and her darling husband Dan who are having us over for dinner tonight!
2. The promise of great restaurants and exciting things to do (though truth be told we have done little to no exploring/adventuring... yet)
3. Scarf and boot weather (we rarely if ever got this in Florida)
4. The gorgeous views of the city at all times -- it's just so cool to see houses up the mountains. And it's really pretty at night when all you see are the twinkly lights.
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