Really, Now is the Perfect Time to Panic

Well, would you look at the time. It's before 10 AM and if there is one thing I hate more than anything, it's being up before 10 AM. Why are you up so early, Samina? Give me a few minutes of your time and I will tell you all about it.

A month ago I arranged for a portable storage unit to be dropped off today between the hours of 8 AM and 12 PM. This is how I am getting my 3 bookshelves, 2 dressers, 40 zillion t-shirts and LAMB handbags to Ohio. A dude in a truck brings the unit to my house, he pulls it off the truck with a forklift and drops it in my driveway. I now have three days to fill this metal box with my stuff. When I am finished filling it up, I call the dude, he picks it up and they drive it to Ohio. I unload my stuff in Ohio they pick up the unit and done. Awesome Possum.

A week ago I called and made an appointment to get married at the local courthouse at 2 PM today. I made the appointment for 2 PM because I figured the storage unit would get dropped of relatively early in the day and I wouldn't have to rush home after the courthouse thing.

David got in late last night. Of course, I stayed up late with him and his family. I came home and finished the last itty bitty bit of packing. After getting 5 hours of sleep I woke up at 7:15 AM to make sure I was awake just in case the truck came right at 8 AM. Because God knows had I decided to sleep in a little the truck would have been early. I get a call just a few minutes after 8 AM, "Yeah, the truck is on it's way!"I thought, then I actually pick up the phone and the company dispatcher dude asks me if they can move my appointment until after 3 PM.

I take a breath and think quickly,"Okay, this...this is not a big deal. This is fine. After 3 PM is great. I am 95% packed, everything is taped up and ready to go. My brothers and father are home. Someone will be here to meet the driver. IT JUST MIGHT NOT BE ME BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET MARRIED AN HOUR BEFORE THE EARLIEST DROP TIME!" So I tell the dispatcher that and I tell him that I live on a small street and that is why I scheduled it early so there would be less cars on the street. Dispatcher dude seems confident delivery dude can make the drop.

I guess I could have thrown a fit. I have thrown fits over lesser but I have a feeling, since dispatcher dude said they were short-handed, no fit I could have thrown would have made a difference. Plus, when customers throw fits the people who help them tend to be less likely to help if the customer is a bitch. All I can do is keep breathing, keep thinking that somewhere I will be rewarded for my waning patience. Until then I will call David and bother him. Now, if only he would turn on his phone.