Settling In

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I just finally got back online! What a nightmare the past couple days have been! We moved in on Sunday... 1 day to move everything we had. It wasn't too bad, we used my husband's work truck and were able to do it all in 3 trips. Unfortunatly we had no help, so we were exhausted by the end of the day, and sore all over, but we were done around 4pm. We did run into a couple snags along the way, and the move was not as smooth as we would have hoped. Our first snag was that we could not catch one of our cats. I only have a small cat carrier, so I could only bring one cat at a time. I caught the first two and moved them to the new house, but when we went back the third time, our last cat was in hiding... outdoors somewhere. We went back to the house a few times Sunday but could not catch him. Hubby went back very late that night, and finally got the cat indoors, but could not get him in the carrier, and he ended up with some large scratches on his hands. I went back first thing Monday morning, but the cat had found himself a good hiding spot, so again I was unable to capture him. Then I could not leave during the day Monday because I was expecting the phone company to show up, and the maintenance men had to do work on the house... but around 5pm I went back and FINALLY caught the cat and brought him home. It was a pain, but I got him in the end which is all that matters. Next problem was the water. I have all new plumbing in the house, and unfortunatly due to the cold weather, all the pipes froze. I was the first to take a shower Sunday night, and even the drain was froze, so no one else was able to shower!! I had to keep the kids home from school on Monday due to this. The maintenance men spent all day Monday working on the water, and got the bathroom pipes working, but not the kitchen. Then yesterday they had a water problem in the entire community, so everyone was without water. The workers had to fix that, so could not see to my kitchen faucets. I didn't get water in my kitchen until today!! I had lots of dishes piled up!! The phone was supposed to be turned on Monday by noon. Nobody ever showed up. My husband called yesterday morning and they said they'd show up yesterday... still no. Today finally they showed up around noontime! So I went 3 days with no water, no phone, no internet!! Needless to say I was totally freaking out. I couldn't leave my house for fear the maintenance men or the phone company would finally show up! I spent all day Monday worrying about my cat, and couldn't go get him, then spent all day yesterday just livid that I couldn't do dishes or anything, and couldn't call anyone to figure out what was going on. Today thankfully everything is better. I have my phone, my internet, and my water. The only thing the maintenance men still have to do is my washer/dryer hook ups, but there are still families in the community with no water, so that's first on their agenda of course. My laundry will just have to wait! Hope you guys didn't miss me too much!! How have things been while I was gone?