The Big Move - Day Two

Tuomo writes: As I'm writing this at bed, I feel we didn't do as much as I had anticipated... but then why do I feel so exhausted?!

So today we were expecting several things to be achieved. First, the blinds dude. For fear of missing him we rushed over to the new house first thing in the morning. Admittedly, he never said exactly at what time in the morning he'd show up other than early. When by 11 we had still not hear a peep from him, Dave gave the company a call - only to find out that he hadn't made any commitment to coming over; I don't quite understand what happened other than he hadn't notified his supervisor (?) of any arrangements with us. Dave decided that we'd have the blinds dude come over once all items on our order are ready, i.e. next Thursday.

Which is also the day the painters are coming over to paint the main floor (Acapulco Aqua) and the bed room (Westover Hills).

The central air vac and alarm dude also came over today (on time!) and did a good job at selling us a product we feel happy about. With "good job" I mean he wasn't pushy or didn't demerit the lower end product or services, unlike the dude at Sony Story we had to deal with later in the day. We've been thinking about getting a flat-screen TV, so after CostCo we swung by the Sony Store to see what they had to offer. Our salers person was this Polish (?) dude who, once he had figured out what we wanted, kept on pointing out that we didn't want to apy any attention to the lower end products because of the lower pixel-count - or something. In all honesty, neither Dave nor I saw anything seriously bad with the less expensive TVs, and in the end, we were even more baffled about what to get when we left the store. I mean - if the less expensive TVs are so bad then why are they even being sold at Sony Store?!?

So far the day had had quite a negative vibe to it. The last straw was when we returned to Dave's car after a cup of coffee at Starbucks, some d-bag had let their shopping cart roll into Dave's rear door on the passenger side. As a result Dave's all upset and wishing we'd never stopped for that cup of coffee... or parked where he had... or... so much for a flat-screen TV :-(

On a more positive note: we finally discovered a half-way decent Chinese restaurant in Langley: Chan's off 88th Ave. Tuukka had helped me move some stuff from the old house to the new one (he's such a good sport!), so when Angie joined us at the new house and we all agreed we wanted something to eat, we initially wanted to go to Ricky's. Well, Ricky's off 88th Ave. was closed, but we saw that Chan's was open, so we thought we'd give it a shot. The spring rolls were fabulous, and the main courses were absolutely delish' ("Special Chicken Dish," ginger fried beef, and fried pork rice). We're definitely going back, and we are willing to recommend it as a quality choice for Chinese food in Langley.

When we got home, the cats greeted us at the door. They seemed to be saying, "We don't know what's happening, but if you put us back in a cage and then on a plane, we're going to bite your balls off!"

Tomorrow is going to be another fun day (groan...): I have to go to Kwantlen/Surrey for an info session for newbies (comme moi), after which we're off to yet another shopping frenzy at IKEA. And then on Saturday is the Big Big Move Day...!

Will there be an end to the fun?! :-)