Moving Mixed Bag

Mixed bag yesterday -- started off strong, ended meh. Here's the scoop.

Rode the Peloton, moved a huge carload over to the house and my hip started bothering me. Probably a combination of riding, lifting, stairs. By late afternoon it was problematic. It's very sore this morning so no workout -- keeping walking to a minimum too. I do NOT want a lasting injury. Fingers crossed. BTW, my ankle is fine this morning. Guess the universe didn't want me to run today though.

I found a large rug on marketplace for our bedroom. After lots of poor communication (like typo on their address), hubby picked it up. "It's dirty." I asked if it was awful and he said nope. Spoiler alert -- it is awful. No problem. It's wool and I'll get our carpet cleaners out to clean it. She responded last night -- they don't service our new town. Ugh. New plan, I guess. Either new carpet cleaners or move the rug here to get it cleaned. Still don't know if it's cleanable enough to use. What a waste of time and money.

Driving home and massive construction so rerouted off highway and sat in so much traffic. Tired, hungry, hip pain ... and a text. Showing at 8 o'clock. Very interested. Want this house, etc, etc. Got home, cleaned, prepped. They ended up moving the showing a little earlier, but were in the house for an hour. There was one deal breaker -- no powder room. The main bathroom also services a bedroom. You can easily see that on the pictures, drone video, floor plan. It's a no from them, but everything else was "perfect." Wow. Also no update from the other showing who was suppose to get back to us yesterday after securing financing.

I tried to get carpet treads from amazon for our basement stairs, but the sizing wasn't right. We need something on them for our old dog and young grandson. An option that was close-ish was $650 so I went to the local carpet place and we're all set for a runner install after the movers. It was easy and not much more money. I also found out they bind carpet remnants so we'll do that for the basement setup. Probably should've done it for the other rug too -- dang. 

Picked up my library card too. Beautiful library, very nice librarian, walkable from the house. I'll miss my other library though.

It was a mixed bag yesterday. It's to be expected with so much going on, but bummer. I wish some of the things had worked out better. 

I briefly had the thought to give up, give in, etc. Kind of put my head under the covers and eat candy sort of thought. We waited out the showing at a grocery store parking lot and hubby got snacks -- I was tempted, but remembered what I actually needed was rest and sleep. Went home, got in bed with my book, hot tea, and decided to not think about anything. Solutions will come when I'm rested ... worry comes when I'm tired. I have better outlook and happier energy this morning.

I'm driving one load to the house today and home to get ready for the garage sale tomorrow. We don't have a lot, most of what we have we're donating to a charity in Asheville. These are things they don't take -- outdoor furniture, large decor items, etc. We're pricing to get rid of the stuff -- basically donations from our driveway. Downside is it's all HEAVY and BIG. My poor hip. Upside is weather is going to be problematic Sunday (big storms), but fine on Saturday (almost 90) - phew. The storms on Sunday should break the heat.

Here's good reminder for me. I'm busy looking at what went wrong, but lots of stuff is working out well. Sometimes I need to see and hear differently.

I'll be looking for "the flowers" today. I need a little bit of fun too. Have a happy Friday. Later gators.