Things don't always go to plan, and that's okay

Well the movers came and did a pretty good job getting everything out and on the way to New York. The service was right for the pricing but I wasn’t pleased with the carelessness of the way they handled things including causing a good amount of smudges on our hardwood floor. But you get what you pay for.

I wish I was sitting here feeling amazing about everything, but sometimes your plans just don’t pan out exactly the way you want it to. I had scheduled movers for yesterday with the hopes that everything would arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday next week leaving us with our stuff and a week off. Unfortunately they let us know that the stuff wouldn’t start the journey to New York until Friday and the earliest we’d get it is Saturday.

On top of that, the car pickup I scheduled for today got pushed back to Friday so again we’ll likely not have a car until the back half of next week. On top of that, our mattress has yet to ship so we may not have it ready for Tuesday.

So all my plans to basically have my stuff as soon as possible in New York while we’re out of office and getting settled has completely gone out the window. And the icing on the cake is that we may not have a mattress to sleep on when we arrive.

As a type-A planner, the stressful week has gotten even more stressful and my anxiety is through the roof right now. But thus is life and we’ll need to adjust as needed. I suppose in life part of having a good plan is making sure that your contingency plans are also good.

Luckily, Sophia and I are in a good position with friends in New York. In a worst case, we can always go to a nearby hotel that shouldn’t be too bad. As for our stuff, I had hoped we could casually unpack throughout the week, but we’ll just need to take some time over the weekend to do the big things and then just live with some boxes for the near-term. It’ll all work out, but it’s annoying nonetheless when things don’t go to plan.