He's gone!

[tenaya]

As of 8pm tonight, Garage Guy is now Basement Guy and is someone else's problem. He, of course, disappeared to visit a friend just as we were getting ready to open up my car so he could start packing and didn't come back for nearly 2 hours and it was dusk. We were moving everything out of the garage at this point (to lock him out if he didn't show up soon) so he just pitched in to help--he didn't have any other choice really. He did develop a bad back all of a sudden, and once at the new place, was suddenly horrified by the dust (carpet will be laid in a few days) and the lingering new paint fumes. It's been 7 days since the paint was put on, and if he was really worried about the dust, I would have thought he would have wanted to damp mop earlier in the day perhaps?? He was fretting that the dust would hurt his dog. I looked and sniffed and honestly told him I would have no qualms about sleeping there. And then we left.

Since it's cold and dark now, I'll put the locks on tomorrow. I am very, *very* relieved that this is, hopefully, all behind us now. I think I've been cured from personally doing someone a good turn.

Comments

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Well done you two for standing firm! :)

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

You know, as I was amping myself up for certain meetings, I would think of my no-nonsense friends here and feel the power of standing firm and not taking any crap. It was helpful, believe it or not. All those times of lurking and taking notes came in handy. :-p