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  Meranda 1 Bed 0

It's 3 weeks until Christmas and I have not got ONE present bought.  Not 1.

*sigh*  This is why I hate Christmas.  I never have any money to buy the stuff I want to get my kids.  No money to buy the food to feed my kids.  No money to get the decorations. blah blah blahblahblah.  Who cares.

I will just be glad when it's over.

It's been a strange week.  My ex moved out on Monday and I spent the night helping her move.  What a pain in the ass that was.  It's not like she had a lot of things so it didn't take long but she was pouting the whole time and making me feel like shit. I was glad when we were done and she went home.  I spent my first night alone in a very long time.  Slept like a baby.

 

Then last night, I spent the whole night moving beds and rearranging my bedroom.  I had an old futon in my room I was going to sleep on but the stupid dog had pissed on it so I went and bought some cleaners and scrubbed the shit out of it.  But decided the damn thing was horribly uncomfortable so I took it apart and moved it out of the room.  I then went downstairs and got the bed in my spare room and started moving it up the stairs.  The box spring was a little difficult alone but I got it up there and then took a 5 min rest while I drank a beer and stared down the top mattress.  It had a tag on one end and decided I would risk incarceration by using it as my handle.  I tugged and pulled and shoved and pulled and huffed and I puffed and I YELLED and I CUSSED and the stupid bed wouldn't move! 

So I sat back down and drank a beer.

Then I told myself I could do it.  So I got back on the stairs and grabbed the tag with both hands and braced my feet just right and tugged.  And it moved.  One stair.  So I took a step up the stairs and did it again.  One more stair.  So I started yelling at it.  "That's RIGHT!! I'm a tough BITCH!! I CAN DO THIS!!!! ALONE!!!!"  As I moved it step by step. 

Then the fucking tag ripped off. 

Okay so don't tell anyone that I ripped the tag off my mattress.  It was an accident. Plus, if they don't' want the stupid tag ripped off, they should PUT HANDLES ON THE FUCKING BED!

Just sayin....

Anyway.  So when the tagged ripped off, I tried to just grab the ends of the bed but it wouldn't budge so I tried to get under it and push but that didn't work. 

So I drank another beer.

Then I got a hold of it with both hands and dug in so hard my fingernails hurt and I pulled with all my might.  It moved!  So I again moved it one stair at a time digging my nails into the ends.  Once again I'm yelling at myself that I'm a tough bitch that don't need nobody's help! 

I got the bed in place and laid down. Panted.  Put my lung back in.  And that's when my friend showed up to help.

So I drank another beer.


posted on Dec 3, 2008 8:32 AM ()

Comments:

Beer fixes just about anything
comment by shesaidwhat on Dec 8, 2008 9:30 AM ()
Maybe you can sew the tag back on.
comment by sunlight on Dec 5, 2008 2:33 PM ()
Good one!
comment by turftoe331 on Dec 5, 2008 10:29 AM ()
Great story. By the way those tags are only for the retailers. The buyers can tear them off as much as they want!
comment by teacherwoman on Dec 4, 2008 10:34 AM ()
I now have no more tags to pull.
reply by meranda on Dec 5, 2008 8:34 AM ()
Pant pant.

That was a lot of work
comment by stiva on Dec 4, 2008 10:08 AM ()
Yeah it was
reply by meranda on Dec 5, 2008 8:34 AM ()
Funny, although I'm sure it wasn't at the time. Those "do not remove" tags can be--by the buyer. I had an old cat that couldn't hold his pee--ruined a love seat and a chair, not to mention the carpet. Bad news.
comment by solitaire on Dec 4, 2008 7:27 AM ()
Bad thing about cats....
reply by meranda on Dec 5, 2008 8:35 AM ()
Girl, that reminds me of the time I moved the futon up from the basement into the living room. I swore A LOT!And now it's back in the basement.

Sorry about the Christmas stress.
comment by janetk on Dec 3, 2008 11:09 AM ()
Oh I remember that Post. Funny as hell. What's silly is after I moved the futon out, I decided to put it back in as a sitting area. So I huffed that $ucker back in!
reply by meranda on Dec 3, 2008 1:04 PM ()
I haven't dug into my shopping yet. I am a little nervous about when I am going to squeeze it in.
Moving furniture is never fun. I am glad you got it sorted out in the end.
AJ
comment by lunarhunk on Dec 3, 2008 9:43 AM ()
Oh and my room is so cozy now I never want to leave it!!
reply by meranda on Dec 3, 2008 10:43 AM ()
Da Man is out of work because his ward has been in the hospital for a week. The reality of that sat in last night while I was sitting on the couch doing the whole Christmas list thing. It blows.

And now...
I chuckled while reading the last part of this. I tried to move a couch out of my mom's living room one day and couldn't get it to go so I took a friggin' hacksaw to the biach, cut it into pieces and then carried it to the street. Maybe you should ask Santa for a hacksaw.
comment by walkwithgrace on Dec 3, 2008 8:49 AM ()
Where there's a will, there's a way.
reply by nittineedles on Dec 3, 2008 2:37 PM ()
I remember! I remember! I remember!
reply by janetk on Dec 3, 2008 11:07 AM ()
What's funny is I had to break the bed that I took OUT of that room last week. It was too big to go down the stairs so I broke it. You would think when people design houses they would THINK of things like furniture. ? DUH.
reply by meranda on Dec 3, 2008 8:58 AM ()
poor thing! Glad you persevered though!
comment by kristilyn3 on Dec 3, 2008 8:41 AM ()
I am not a quitter that's for sure. Well I did quit smoking. And my 5 yr relationship. BUT I'M NO QUITTER!!! ha ha
reply by meranda on Dec 3, 2008 8:56 AM ()
Whew... I was out of breath just reading this post. Glad you got your bed upstairs. (BTW, I haven't bought a single gift yet either...)
comment by mellowdee on Dec 3, 2008 8:36 AM ()
I was more than out of breath!! I think I permanently damaged the cuticles in my hands
reply by meranda on Dec 3, 2008 8:55 AM ()

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