So I'll start with a little back story to bring you up to speed. A few months ago I found myself in a situation where I didn't have a place to reside. Luckily I had a couple of friends willing to put me up, while I got on my feet. The gist of this is I've been sleeping on an air mattress for about two and a half months and the bulk of my belonging were in a storage unit. Fast forward a little. I got the line on a bed that someone was going to let go of for an unbeatable price. Great, I want it. I just need to wait until I get a house to put it in. The deal sounded solid, however I was going through a proxy and never got the confirmation from the source direct. OK, up to the present.
Sunday I was required to work a 24 duty. Not all in all bad, except for the fact that it's 24 hours of boredom, toiling behind a desk with no real purpose. Just the Friday before I got word that the bed deal had fallen through and was sold to someone else. Minor hiccup, the next day (Saturday) I went to a local furniture retailer and purchased a new queen mattress and box spring. The soonest it could be delivered was Monday, just 2 days away. Also on Saturday I would be signing for my new rental house in the afternoon and be able to start moving in right away. Being that I had to work all day Sunday and got off 9am Monday morning. This meant that I would have to move everything on Saturday, work Sunday, and be at the house Monday to receive the bed. The bed would be delivered between 8am and 5pm. Perfect, I could do some unpacking throughout the day and maybe nap on the air mattress while waiting for the bed. Alright, back to Saturday.
I hooked up a trailer to my jeep and loaded both to capacity prior to signing for the rental. This way I could start moving in the first load moments after getting the keys. Five loads later I was complete and only needed help with the last. I slept that night on the air mattress, in the new house and woke the next morning to begin my long work shift. Skipping over the work shift because nothing transpired relevant to this story, we are now at 8am Monday morning. I was at the house unpacking, moving from room to room making a good deal of progress. I had new sheets in the wash and was folding some laundry, when darkness fell throughout the house. What the hell is going on? I walked to the front door to see a power company truck sitting on the street and a worker walking across my lawn.
I hooked up a trailer to my jeep and loaded both to capacity prior to signing for the rental. This way I could start moving in the first load moments after getting the keys. Five loads later I was complete and only needed help with the last. I slept that night on the air mattress, in the new house and woke the next morning to begin my long work shift. Skipping over the work shift because nothing transpired relevant to this story, we are now at 8am Monday morning. I was at the house unpacking, moving from room to room making a good deal of progress. I had new sheets in the wash and was folding some laundry, when darkness fell throughout the house. What the hell is going on? I walked to the front door to see a power company truck sitting on the street and a worker walking across my lawn. "Hey" I proclaimed, "What's going on, why are you turning off my power?".
The worker replied "I have an order to disconnect".
I returned "What? I just moved in yesterday and was getting ready to call and transfer the service today. Can you hold on for a couple of minutes and I'll call right now, then we can turn it back on".
"Sorry, we don't do same day connections"
"Horse shit", I shot back. "You sure are doing same day disconnects". and then he left.
Back in the already heating up house, I sat in a tired dismay. I picked up the phone and called all of the utility companies and began the transfer of billing. I was beyond unhappy at this point. Not only would I not be able to sleep at the new house, on my new bed. I would also have to pack up all the food I just bought and take it back to my friends house to store until the power was restored. And still the bed hadn't been delivered yet. In case you're reading this passage sometime in the future, it's taking place in August in Georgia. Heat is a major factor in all the happenings taking place. So, the delivery finally happens at about 4pm and takes only minutes to unpack and setup. Keep in mind that I haven't slept or showered since 7am the morning prior. I was tired and smelly and still pretty pissed off at the whole situation.
I moved all the things that I needed to survive a night back on the air mattress, food from the fridge included. I took it all back to my friends house, unpacked it, showered, and laid down to sleep. Remembering that I haven't eaten since around 4:30am that morning. I got back up, cooked some ramen and a vegetable. Sat for a second to digest the food and days events. Then drug myself to that god damn air mattress and put my head on the pillow, it was 9:30pm. In the morning, I will find that I forgot my belt and toothbrush at my house and will have to go to get them before work; of which I already was late because I had over slept.
