Jul 14
Mid July Weekend Recap
So I didn’t have time this weekend for a proper Monday post so I thought it might be a breath of fresh air to just recap what I did this weekend!
BTW, I don’t make any claims that any of this is fun, entertaining, or really worth your reading, so proceed at your own peril. (#):)
On my calendar this weekend I had two things on it : pick up furniture and sit on an open house for mi madre.
Not too much right?
U-Haul is a Racket
For those of you who don’t know, U-Haul is a company in the states that lets you rent trucks so you can haul your stuff all around town. I needed a truck because with the new house purchase, I was getting some furniture from my uncle. Long story short U-Haul charges $20 for the truck, and $1.20 per mile. All said and done I was charged $187. UGH. I think it was worth it though ’cause I got a nice bed, leather couch and chair, and a bunch of other stuff. Though the whole thing took up nearly the entire day and I REALLY didn’t enjoy driving around a big ol’ moving van.
If a House is Open in a Forest…
I don’t do many things right. But yesterday when I was covering an Open House for my mom (did you know I’m a licensed Real Estate agent?) I did one thing right in bringing my laptop. Why? Because on a 4 hour open house advertised all over the place, no one came in. I guess it just peaks to the state of the US Economy. Of course it was a little hot outside but seriously, only one person came through. Certainly wasn’t worth eating up the entire day. Oh well. My mom helped me out a lot recently when I bought MY first house, so I figured I owed her at least one.
Anyone out there do anything cool this weekend? Everyone I’ve spoken to so far seems to have just spent a lot of money.
July 14th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Oh wow. I missed some stuff on my blogging break I guess. Congratulations on the purchase of a new home! How exciting! I can’t wait to hear more about it. And that was nice of you to cover for your mom at an open house. Those things have to be incredibly boring when nobody shows up. I think you are right about the economy though. **sigh**
July 15th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Alright Bush! Congratulations on your new home and I wish you endless decades of happiness
Are you an expert on reading and diagnosing slow mysql queries?
July 15th, 2008 at 5:03 am
@teeni – Thank you very much! You know, I wasn’t planning on saying too much about it on here either way, but now that you asked, I might just have to do so.
@Bobby – Thank you sir and I wish that I was. (#):( However that’s not to say that I’m altogether unfamiliar with MySQL – BTW could this have anything to do with your site being down yesterday? I went to comment on your page and some kind of error came up. I think it was bandwidth/site related but I’m not absolutely sure since my memory is absolutely terrible.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:34 am
A buck 20 per mile? DAMN! That’s pricey.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
@Pete – You’re tellin me. (#):(
July 16th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
It sounds expensive but its definitely worth it to get a moving truck.