Leap Day
Today felt like an extra day. The obvious reason is that it's Leap Day and it only comes around once every four years. But there were other reasons...We've been expecting our delivery of rooftop furniture from Costco Mexico for about two weeks. The online information always said it would be delivered on February 28th, but it also said that the furniture had arrived at a warehouse only an hour away two weeks ago.
So, we kept thinking: any day now!
...and it willfully and spitefully kept not arriving.
But the ‘maybe it will come early!’ possibility cane and went, then yesterday the date mentioned online came and went, and we began to wonder how long it was going to take.
We're long past wondering if something will arrive: It always does. But it comes at its own special pace.
Anyway, since it didn't come yesterday we put it into the 'could be a long time' category and decided to stop hoping for it every day. Then early in the day today we got a phone call that the FedEx truck was 10 minutes away. Squeeee!!!
Yay!!! It's HERE!
The FedEx van arrived and the van was so small we could hardly believe it could contain an outdoor couch and two outdoor chairs...but before they could get that out they first had to pull out a refrigerator to get at our stuff. The van was like one of those tents in Harry Potter: bigger on the inside than the outside.
Oh Crap!! It's here.
Our excitement was dampened a bit when the movers and the van left and we were left to stare at the huge box in the entry way.
That's when it hit us: It's a Saturday. No one is painting, laying bricks, fixing wiring, or plumbing,...or anything. Which is awesome! So peaceful!
...but uh...that means the only ones that are going to get that furniture to the rooftop is us.
That's when it hit us: It's a Saturday. No one is painting, laying bricks, fixing wiring, or plumbing,...or anything. Which is awesome! So peaceful!
...but uh...that means the only ones that are going to get that furniture to the rooftop is us.
Yipes.
We managed to wrangle everything out of the boxes, up two flights of stairs (the frame for the couch had to be removed and reassembled to get through the outside door. But, hey, eventually, we did it.)
We got everything upstairs, reassembled the couch, took the tags off all the cushions, arranged, and rearranged, the pieces, and...boom! Suddenly our 'pretend rooftop' looked like a real live roof top!
Sweet Success
Here are a couple of Before/After angles to show how far we've come:
We celebrated by getting our first-ever delivery of Mr. Crunchy chicken. (Supposed to be the best fried chicken in San Miguel...and I think they're right. It tastes like fried chicken tasted when I was a kid...before gushy water and hormone-filled chickens changed everything.)
We also played our first game of Gin (card game, like gin rummy) on the rooftop.
Ahhh...life is good.
Thank heavens for extra days when everything comes together!
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