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Pardon the Cobwebs

My office just moved this week into a larger facility on the other side of town, and that coupled with all of the personal moving I just did, I get home and promptly fall into zombie mode on the couch. Sometimes there is a movie playing, sometimes not.

I am sick of boxes and sick of moving. Sick, I tell you!

I made another trip to Fairbanks last weekend to get the rest of my stuff and my furniture. I kicked myself the entire way for not planning a little better and getting all of my crap in one trip.

But after the drive to Fairbanks with John's truck and a trailer, someone had the idea of heading out to Chena Hot Springs. And as I started the extra hour drive out to Chena, I realized not only was this the Most Stupidest Idea evAR, but it was made even more stupider considering we only had a half hour to enjoy the yumminess of Chena.

And then? And THEN after only 5 hours of sleep? The trailer we took off the truck for the stupid trip to Chena? Decided it didn't want to fit onto the truck hitch.

Seriously. Whose stupid idea was this trip?

Uhaul was all, "Oh noes! You broke it! We'll have to send a mechanic who will charge you three times!" and then we were all, "Aw hell no. Thanks for nothin'."

And then the brain wave: metals can do some crazy things at -26°F. Crazy things like trailer tongues shrinking and latches freezing in place. A little hot water solved that problem, only to create a whole new problem when dropping the trailer back off.

Apparently water freezes in cold temperatures? Just in case you weren't aware, water freezes around things like bolts. Bolts that attach trailers to trucks. Bolts that need to turn so I can get rid of the stupid trailer already and go home for a hot bath and sleepy time.

Honestly? Not the smartest weekend of my life. But at least its over and I have all of my stuff.

I'll just need a few more weeks of zombification before I feel more settled in.