Moving, moving, moving

Dateline: Southborough Mass (don’t ask).

Well…all this garbage in my house is apparently NOT going to move itself. I guess the first step in executing any relocation is to get quotes from various moving companies. And where better to get information on people to entrust your entire worldly possessions to than on the internet???? Just a tip – when you click on “GET FREE MOVING QUOTES” your email address is automatically distributed to the 4,000 MOST reliable moving companies in the world. If anyone has trouble emailing me, it is because my mailbox is full.

I recognize that inventorying your things SHOULD be a count-your-blessings sort of exercise…but there’s something disheartening about completing said inventory with a guy making $5.85 an hour while calling himself your “move coordinator”. Listen “Freddie”.….if you want to provide that extra personal touch, you may want to quit calling me “Miss Mauve”. And if you ask me one more time if that’s “IT for that room??? Really??”, I am NOT going to pay you the buck seventy-five that you are going to quote me.

Once you finish the “room-inventories”, you get the “all-other” questions…
“Vacuum cleaner?” Nope
“Stereo?” Nope
“Lawn mower?” Nope
“No appliances of ANY kind????” Nope
“Let me guess…cinder blocks?” Very funny, #$%@$.

He sounded very apologetic when he explained that additional insurance coverage didn’t start below $30,000 and while “we would pretty much have to lose every single thing you own to warrant that level of coverage”, they still recommend it.

If anyone needs me I will be at the Pottery Barn trying to make myself feel better.