Coming Together

It's taken us almost three months but we finally got the furniture that Chris has had his heart set on since we decided to move. The delivery people called us on Thursday and said that they'd be here between 7:00 and 9:00 today. I approved of the delivery without a second thought about the gate at the entrance to our complex. The gate is always open when the office is, but the office doesn't open until 10:00 on Saturdays, oops. We realized our mistake at about 10:30 last night. We tried to call the warehouse when we woke up at six this morning, but of course no one answered. Also, we didn't have any money for a tip. So at 6:30 I ran to the Wachovia across the street and took out $20, but I needed change because twenty is a bit large. Thank God for Starbucks. One $2.00 scone later and I had my change, now that's impressive. I got home and left for work at 7:30. I worked from 7:45 to noon, and I called Chris at 9:00 'cause I hadn't heard anything about the furniture.

When Chris answered, I asked him if the delivery guys had come, and he said that they couldn't get in and had turned around. Luckily, he was kidding. He said that the guys never called, they just showed up at the door. Chris asked the guys how they got in, and one of them simply answered, "Man, I have the keys to the city." We figure that they've been here before. Either way, everything turned out okay. We ordered a cocktail table, an end table, and the media center. We found out a few days ago that the media center (the last one for sale in the entire world we've decided) had several scratches on the top because the store that it came from had stored another piece of furniture on top of it. Well being Adrian and Hudson's, they sent it to have the top entirely refinished before telling us that there was a problem with it. Adrian has been trying all week to confirm whether or not it would be ready by today, and he still wasn't sure when I talked to him yesterday. When I got home and walked in today, I was stunned. Everything was here, and it's all gorgeous but the media center that was the source of so many headaches and let downs was by far the most gorgeous of all. At 60 inches long and about 2 1/2 ft tall it commands attention. The only picture that I've been able to find of it on the internet does not do it justice. As for the top of it, you can't tell that anything was ever wrong with it. After they got everything in the apartment Chris noticed the most minuscule scratch in the glass on the end table. You can't notice it unless someone points it out and even then you have to squint to see it, but being Hudson's their movers insisted that they replace the glass. I don't know when it's coming, but I'm sure that it will be perfect. Lastly, when the movers got here they noticed that we didn't have a sofa, and Chris happened to mention that we'd been to Hudson's to look for one so the movers gave us a $100 gift card to Hudson's. I'm still stunned by the service and by the fact that someone delivers furniture at 7:00 on a Saturday.

The furniture looks a little weird without a sofa, and the end table has red circles on the glass around the scratch but everything is beautiful. I have to admit that this whole three month furniture fiasco has been a big pain in the ass, but to look at a media center that I seemed impossible to find is awesome. Pictures will be coming eventually once we get a sofa and everything else taken care of. Alright well I need to get Bogart out for one last break before bed time. Have a goodnight.