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Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 12:58PM just a quick, non-artist, blow by blow of past few days
After arriving back from Leslie's funeral in Huntington WV I traveled back to Nashville. Thurseday morning i found out that even though i had reserved a Uhaul truck from a local store I was granted only a one day rental at a location 40 minutes from my house. Though we worked furiously to try to get everything, we only got about 3/4ths of the way finished. I returned the truck at 10:55 PM exhausted and ready focus on Sunday (today) to finish the move with a reservation i had made after i found out i had been bumped for Friday.
BUT...
when i got up the next morning, i received a call from uhaul wondering where the truck was that i was supposed to have returned. i said that i returned it last night (this was friday morning) they said they had no key and they had no truck. i was totally freaked out by this. It's been such a difficult experience. i don't think i'll ever rent from uhaul again. terrible customer service. i feel accused. Even as I type i still have received no word about whether they have located the truck. the good thing (and weird thing) about it all is that i park the truck right in front of the door. (And Darlene was with me.) i'm sure the video monitering system will show me doing the drop off and that i dropped the key into the key slot. no apologies or words of encouragement from uhaul and i actually think they believe al this is my fault. i must admit that privately i just fell apart. they kept calling me and i had nothing to say other than "i told you i dropped off the truck." Then the canceled my reseervation for a truck to use today after church! Like i said i will never do any buisiness with uhaul again.
Sooooo... on tuesday i'll take the afternoon to move the rest of my stuff with a budget rent-a-truck that i reserved.
Also, darlene took all our clotches to the laundry mat to get washed and while she was there she lost her diamond from her engagement ring. 19 years. I told her that it is just a thing. (guys, i wouldn't recommend saying this to your wife if she loses an engagement diamond. it was like i could see that statement fall out of my mouth... i tried to grab it out of the air but....
I don't know what will happen about the truck buisiness. i just have to trust God. i just know this is a wierd place... this uhaul deal. they have been very unhelpful. even hanging up on me and i wasn't even being rude. (did i mention I'll never rent from uhaul again?)
We are asking friends to pray for us because we feel like there's a lot of spiritual warfare mixed into this thing.
This morning's sermon that I planned to preach three weeks ago was on Jeremiah. I had chosen the title "When Life isn't fair." Spooky. So if you don't see me on the news as the minister gone bad that steals uhaul trucks, i'll continue to blog. Maybe they'll have blogs in the penal system:-). Seriously, we are resigned that God is in control even though we feel like our lives are spinning like a top.
Reader Comments (2)
We moved last year after living 13 years in one house. The longest for time for me in one place.
The lady wasn't moved out on Friday so our friends had to help move her out and us in.
On Monday, our purchaser's loan company wasn't ready to close.
Took 3 months of paying rent and mortgage and waiting day by day and dealing with our seller threatening to sell to someone else.
Our realtor had promised to purchase our house if things didn't turn around soon. He called on my wife's 40th birthday to tell her that it 'wasn't a good business idea to do that'. Happy 40th, Hon.
Hardest part - the lady we purchased from was the mother of my wife's high school friend.
The couple purchasing our home was one of my wife's high school friends.
We couldn't afford a U-Haul so we moved with friends's flatbed trailers. Couldn't get it all done since they were helping her move out....
Blew the head gasket on my mini-van on Tuesday trying to finish up all the pieces.
It was very trying. But it passed. So will yours.
Next year, you will be praising God and thanking Him for carrying you through.
Just keep thanking Him now that these hurdles aren't worse.
The diamond is important. It can be replaced. Most likely, it was going to fall out soon anyway. Unfortunately the pressures and stresses of the move only compounded everything. Let Darlene have a good cry. It will help clear her system.
Then, like God told Jeremiah, get up off your face, wipe your tears, and move forward.
There's still more to do.
But for this moment, the world stands still and seems to move against you because of the changes. They are only changes to move and propel us forward.
Without these changes, you'd still be living in an apartment...
Praise Him and thank Him. You'll soon feel His peace.
Praying for you. Kelly