A fortunate turn of events

Oct 24, 2006 20:34

So everything was going great for the move. We've got lots out of the house and into the garage. All that's left in the house is a few pieces of furniture. Everything is pretty much packed up.

So last night my brother calls me. He's the one driving the truck for us. He says there may be a problem. He said he might not be able to go because my sister-in-law just got the results from her biopsy-she has breast cancer. She is going in on Thursday to see her surgeon. After reeling from that shocker I told him not to worry that it was more important to tend to his wife.

We did lots of thinking and trying to figure out who could help us. We contacted a friend whose husband doesn't work. (He's a royal pain in the ass that I could spend hours talking about.) Well he couldn't help us either. SO after hours of freaking, stressing and worrying, we decide we can do this ourselves. It will just take longer but we can do it. So we have been talking ourselves into this and knowing it will work but it won't be the best scenario.

This afternoon we get a phone call from our friend in California (I helped him and his boyfriend pack up their truck last month) I had talked with him last night about stuff and in passing mentioned that we had probably lost our driver. So this afternoon he calls and says if I can fly him out here he will drive the truck. WOW!!! So I start checking things out and it turns out I can get him here tomorrow afternoon.

So now we have another person to help us load the truck, drive the truck and help us unload in Tucson. My brother was only going to be able to help drive and unload then we had to get him on a plane first thing Monday morning. That didn't give us much wiggle time to adjust to any delays. Well Mish won't be leaving us until Monday afternoon so we have much more time.

I called my brother to tell him he didn't have to worry about us because we had a new driver. He was disappointed but after I talked to him for a while he realized his place was at home with his wife. They have 3 children and her mother has Altzheimers and lives with them also. He was so grateful that he could be there to help her. I felt better too because I feel bad I can't be there to help her.

So what we thought was going to be a stresser had turned into a blessing. In fact, I am the calmest I have been the last month. Of course, I am now concerned about my sister-in-law.
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