I've been warned.

APPARENTLY this blog is a bit of a joint venture! I've been warned by Clara that if I don't update her following regarding some stuff going on w/ her, she's going to hijack this thing and COMPLETELY derail it! So here goes.

• The package has been delivered. We are now in possession of countless chargers and the CPAP machine. Apparently Clara also had some laundry in there, because just as this picture was snapped she uttered the line 'Eww. It smells like dirty laundry.' It's been a while since I've laughed this hard.
  

• Also - she is closing on her house today. Yay for not being homeless! It's scheduled for 10:00am Phoenix time....so what's that in Pittsburgh? Like 4pm next tuesday?

• Movers are scheduled to arrive Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. (and you thought time estimates from the cable company sucked.)

• Utilities have all be straightened out and THANK THE LORD there will be cable/internet/phone service a week from today. (Hotel interwebs SUCK)

• I am amazed at the number of e-mails and comments I've received about this topic. The windshield. Oh the blessed windshield. Here's the saga with that one. Yesterday we decided to do laundry. (Ironically it was before the bag w/ the smelly laundry and now stinky CPAP arrived.) The laundry place I located on the interwebs was, well, interesting. I guess not so much the laundromat itself - more the location of said laundromat. Anyway - I was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible while cleaning our clothes but somehow the FLAMING BLUE PAINTERS TAPE caught the eye of the laundromat attendant. Go figure - he also worked next door at the auto garage. Before I can even say 'hey, where are the dryer sheets' he's got his boss on the phone who is gonna jog over and give me an estimate on the windshield. ::sigh:: So before you know it, sketchy man #1 and 2 are poking around the car, freaking Clara out. (remember, she's in the car - i'm in the laundromat). So - sketchy man #2 says he could fix it for $125. There was a lot of spanish going back and forth - and I can't help but think shady deals were being drafted. I say thank you and we'll let him know then we GTFO. (for you non 'internet' people that's short for 'Get the F out'.) On the way back to the hotel we find a safelite auto glass place. There we meet JJ. (somehow I have a lot of information about JJ. I don't know how I got it - but I seem to have a knack for that. Maybe it's the 8 years in social work?) JJ moved here in 1992 from Virginia and fell in love with the Phoenix area. Is a big Arizona Cardinals fan which means that just based on the amount of Steeler garb on this car, our estimate is guaranteed to be marked up at least 10%. He says that it appears that the molding came out due to poor installation in the first place. And technically he cannot replace the molding without replacing the entire windshield. UGH. He gave us an assignment. Call the insurance company and find out who replaced the windshield last. If it's a national company - like safelite - it will be under warranty. If it's not national the insurance company allegedly could get some kind of referral repair deal and we can get it fixed for nothing. (as opposed to the $250 he guesses it's gonna cost to replace the whole shabang.) Worst case scenario - he said come see him on Saturday and he'll figure out a way to fix it without it costing an arm and a leg. JJ is my kinda guy. Also - I suspect that since Pittsburgh beat Arizona, JJ will be all too happy to hook us up. (Sarcasm intended)

So - all that to say - more info on Windshield-Gate will be available Saturday.

Okay - gotta get ready to go close on a house. Cheers!