that brown house

back in march we purchased a washer and dryer. we surprised the salesperson by asking if we could hold off on delivery until late april (instead of wanting delivery asap). we figured that the electrician was starting mid-march (with an estimated 2-3 weeks of work) and the piping would be done in april in conjunction with the bathroom remodel…so by late april we’d be moved in and anxious to have laundry of our own.

well, as we drew close to the april 26th delivery date, the piping was done, but the electrical work wasn’t, so eric postponed the delivery and sent me this e-mail on april 23rd:

OK, our washer/dryer delivery is rescheduled for May 10th.

after the awful first electrical inspection on the 7th, it was obvious that we weren’t going to have power by may 10th, so we talked to the electrician who assured us that if we took care of the water heater issue, he could be re-inspected and have us power by the 13th or 14th and could be done inside the house prior to our target move-in date of may 22nd. the message from eric, re the washer & dryer:

Now rescheduled for May 31st.

well, with the rough-in not done until the 19th, and pg&e refusing to switch power because there wasn’t a sticker on the service box, it became obvious that we weren’t moving on the 22nd. we postponed and scheduled movers for today, the 29th, instead. surely an extra week would give the electrician enough time to iron things out.

or not. of course, he did have time for a four-day memorial day weekend, but he probably has electricity and doesn’t need to be out of his apartment on june 1. after surveying the number of wires still hanging out of the walls and ceiling and observing the electrician’s absence on tuesday, eric renegotiated for us to stay an extra week (for a cost, of course) in the apartment and rescheduled the movers for june 5th. then we hear back from pg&e that the soonest appointment we can get to switch the service is june 4th. all this extra time and money and we are still cutting it insanely close! i’m just praying that the electrician will get his act together and be done tomorrow (which will take a miracle since he’s not there working today) so that i can spend my birthday weekend scrubbing everything without worrying about him coming back in and dirtying it up again. oh, which brings us back to the continued lack of power’s impact on our washer & dryer delivery:

And now it is rescheduled for June 7th! This is apparently the last day we can push it out to, since it has been at the shippers’ for a month and they will return it if they have to store it any longer than that. She could not tell me what time they would be delivering it, but they will call between 4 and 8 the evening before for confirmation.

another giant thanks to eric for taking over all this rescheduling. when i last went to pick up my mother’s medications from the pharmacy they told me her prescription plan was no longer valid (!) so i’ve had to redirect my attentions to resolving all that…oh yeah, and i have a big work deadline on june 5th.

too. much. drama.