Moving:The Saga Continues

So last week i believe i left you as we had taken early possession of the house in order to move our furniture in, but did not actually own the house. Sounds great until you realize homeowners insurance won't touch you with a 50 foot pole in this situation. Since last from last Thursday until this Wednesday we had no communication from our builder or anyone on his team. A bit disconcerting considering we are living in an underfinished house. Finally had contact on Wednesday morning and several items we had noted got taken care of or started at least. Bad part of me being stay at home mom living in the unfinished house is that i get to handle all the phone calls and scheduling of work people and appointments. Still not closed and hearing the promise of closing tomorrow.... i will believe it when i sign it.
The car moving was just as messed up as the rest of this move. My van should have been picked up before we ever left Gig Harbor for here. Didn't happen-- the guy claimed he was in the hospital, but never came through with alternate plans and never refunded the deposit and won't return phone calls. Hope he answers the phone when the credit card fraud department calls. Finally found someone to pick up the car. Another screw up as our super kind neighbor waited and waited and waited and waited at our old house that day for them to show up and get the car -but they did finally get it and it was on its way to us. The company said it may come in Tuesday and then called and said Wednesday and it could be delivered at our new address (originally scheduled to go to my parents house 15 minutes away). Then the van would be at our new house on Thursday at the new address. Thursday as i am at the house with my comcast guys trying to get the phone in working order (yes, this move has been as comcastic as predicted with all comcast services being messed up and each repair person passing the buck on whose problem area it is) I get a call from my parents saying they were just leaving their neighborhood and my car guy is there unloading my van. At their house. 15 minutes away. with repair people in my house so i can't leave. and M due to be picked up at preschool in 20 minutes. Yeah, this is fabulous. Luckily comcast guys think the phone issue is solved so i leap into the car, pick up M from preschool and head to my parents neighborhood. Park rental at front of neighborhood. Get van(which they are jumpstarting as I walk up). Drive van to parents house at end of neighborhood. Walk with M back to the rental and drive back to our house. At 5 pm arrange to meet D at the rental place and then go to pick up the van at parents. Throughout the next portion of our tale please remember it is dark and bitterly cold and we have hungry children in the back seat. But you know what happens next...it won't start. It's dark. We go into mom and dad's and borrow jumper cables (thanks guys-- you weren't home, but you will read in just a minute how we also borrowed tools from you. will return tools ASAP). Try for 15 minutes to jumpstart it but it. is. completely. dead. We then decide to pull the battery and go to find a new one. Borrow tools from parent's house. D pulls the battery as I fish some crushed crackers out of the bottom of my purse to feed to children (time is around 6:45). First auto place checks the battery but says it is beyond charging and needs new one. Head to the national chain where we bought the battery to have them replace it. Only bright spot of the night was finding it open and super helpful lady who replaced warrantied battery for free without any hassle about being on the other side of the country etc. Back to parents neighborhood to put in new battery( it starts YEAH!) and then home at 8 to feed monsters and get them in bed.
So this move really is just getting better and better. I almost can't wait to find out how it will get more twisted tomorrow.
B