Message From Jane Re: 's Move

[Guest guest]

Jane you make me tired just reading this! WOW thats a lot and a great

deal to accomplish in a short time. You will feel better after a few

days and so will she so give it some time. Rest easy and catch up

on yourself!

Take care!

Sandie

>

>

> Hi to all MY PF PALS!

>

> Sorry it has taken me so long to sit down and write about 's

move

> to Nashville. We spent all day Friday involved in stuff: 's

dr

> appt, the dr was running behind of course. Our family friend

called as

> we were leaving the dr and we met her for lunch in town, and it was

> pouring rain. After we ate and were paying, Eddie shows up. The

friend

> drives to the drugstore for her meds and Eddie & I drive to my

> piano studio to get everything together there to load on the

truck. It

> is still pouring rain. I then drive Eddie to pick up the UHaul

truck.

> Then I drive home and and our family friend, (She is an

> angel to us) were arriving. & started packing up her

room.

> It is still raining hard! I remember that I have to pick up a

> prescription at Kroger so I go and hurry back home. Later Eddie

arrives

> with the truck. A friend who works with him at Schlotzsky arrives

to

> help Eddie with the furniture. Before Eddie brought the truck home

to

> load, he had gone to the furniture store to pick up the sofa. I

forgot

> that part. Eventually, everything was loaded. I don't remember

much

> after that, my mind is going fuzzy and that everything we did on

Friday

> was done in the rain.

>

> Saturday morning we all left at 8:00 am. was driving her car

and

> I was driving my car and Eddie was driving the truck. I have never

been

> to Nashville in my lifetime but I had studied the maps on the

internet.

> I arrived at the apartment complex first. I had to direct Eddie &

> . made a wrong turn at one point but she knew it and

turned

> around. This threw Eddie off. He was lost. As I was resting in

the

> clubhouse on a comfortable couch, my brother and his friend arrive.

> arrives next and finally Eddie was last. was so proud

that

> she made it on her own. After much paperwork, gets the keys

and

> the gate pass. We arrive at the apartment, 911 Lenox Place! (What

an

> address!) Eddie opens up the truck and my brother's friend

says, " We

> can unload this in 20 minutes! " My brother says, " What did you do,

> bring the whole house? " They unloaded in 20-30 minutes. The big

> whole-up of the whole afternoon was the Comcast guy. First, he

walked

> in on clean carpet with muddy boots. Then the order was wrong. He

> said, " Where's your modem? " and Eddie says, " We ordered wireless. "

That

> didn't do cause this guy was just a subcontractor. After much

> conversation with the boss, a wireless something or other was

delivered

> by someone else. TV & Computer were working, but not the phones!

Then

> the Comcast guy says, " Someone else will have to come & fix the

phones " .

> Only one telephone was working and it was in the living room. ( I

had

> wished it was in the bedroom). After eating at the Cracker Barrel

in

> Goodlettsville, my brother and Phil go on home. Eddie, , and I

> spend the night in the apartment. The next day, we all worked,

worked,

> worked. That evening Eddie drives back to Dalton because he has to

work

> at both jobs on Monday. Meanwhile, and I are so pooped we

are in

> the bed EARLY! Next day we unpack, work, unpack, etc. Later we go

out

> and drive around the area. We went back to the Cracker Barrel and

had

> tough pancakes. Even a knife wouldn't cut those pancakes. We went

back

> to the apartment and went to bed. By then everything was ready for

> Eddie to come back the next day and finish up. Eddie arrived on NEW

> YEAR's DAY with a homemade POUND CAKE that he made after work on

Monday

> night. YUMMY! (But we left it at 's house) Eddie hung

pictures

> and did all the things that Dads do and then we went back to the

Cracker

> Barrel to eat. By then it had started snowing and the wind was

blowing

> hard. We hurried & ate and drove back to her apartment.

Eddie &

> I got ready to leave to come home & my portable Helios Marathon

falls on

> 's new Snowman Cake Plate. ( It's very filmsy anyways) I felt

very

> bad but Eddie glued it back together. cried and we left.

(

> always cries when we leave). We talked to her a few more times

because

> Eddie forgot to help her fill out her moving expense form. Eddie

asked

> to call after she arrived at work, in the parking lot before

she

> got out of the car. She called this morning. She was on time and

she

> got herself up and it is a miracle. told me that a family

lives

> in her building that goes to ACE because she saw the children in

their

> uniforms. That makes me feel better. Maybe she will meet them.

> will call tonight so later I will post about her first day. Phew!

I am

> very tired. I did not realize that I was so tired. But I am O.K.

I am

> not crying. The zoloft stifles those moods. So I am numb I guess.

> More comments later.

>

> Toodles!

>

> Jane UIP/IPF 12/1998 Dalton, Georgia aka pianolady_musicgirl

>