What started out as a calm day turned into us sleeping on the floor in the living room. I have been needing a new mattress for a while. That one I bought just wasn't cutting it. There were too many nights when I enjoyed sleeping on the couch instead of my own bed. That's a bad sign. But I could handle it. B however could not handle it. We decided to go look at new mattresses. We both had our heart set on the same bed we get when we are at the Hilton in Anaheim. Which I looked up and found is a Serta. A very pricey Serta. It's about a $1600 bed. Out of my range unfortunately. We did however find the bed used by Starwood - the Heavenly Bed. That was only $900 because it was on sale. Done and done. They have a 1 year no interest plan. $100 a month and we have a new bed and pillow. I did also get the guy to throw in a day bed frame for the kid's room. She has been on the same bed since she was 8. Seriously time for an upgrade.
Now here's where things get screwy. This is around 11am. The salesguy tells us "no problem same day. They may be as late as 9 or 10 but same day. They will call you.". Alright buddy we shall see. They also told me they needed a couple hours to disassemble the daybed frame since the one we got was the floor model. No problem. We go and get a sandwich for lunch and then go out and wash the car. We head back to the shop and get the daybed frame with no problem. The large part won't fit in my car which we expected and I ended up walking home with it on my head. It was only a mile away, not a big deal. But I had not heard back on anything yet about delivery and I mentioned that to the guy. He said not to worry.
You get where this is headed, right?
We setup everything, get our room prepped, and then we sit. I post that a mattress is available for free. One of my friends comes over to check it out. Unfortunately she didn't have a way to haul it and neither do I. It is now six pm and I have heard nothing. So I call the warehouse who proceeds to tell me that they have no order for us. It shows we picked up at store because of the daybed. I go ballistic and drive to the store. After 10 minutes of back and forth, salesguy gets them to update the system and promise it out here today. Doesn't help. I make salesguy throw in another $150 pillow for more wasted time.
We moved the mattress into the living to make it easier for people to takeaway (either the delivery guys or a friend). And that is where we ended up sleeping. Sleep didn't come until much later. No, there's still more things to discuss...
We got home, I made dinner. Pork chops, red potatoes, and green beans. After we were done eating I was poking around looking at due dates and bills and I found my lease. My lease which has the address wrong on it. Turns out they used one of my current creditors for my lease and I can manage it through the same account. Great, except it has the wrong address. Which explains why I haven't received anything on it yet. Idiots. I need to call them this morning and resolve. It is just pure luck I found that.
Around 9:30 KBF came over but the kid was still at work. Turns out they were planning on watching the meteor shower. She got home around 10 and they invited us to join them. We headed up into the hills a bit and watched to show for about an hour. I saw a good four or five. Neat. We got home around midnight and collapsed on our floor pile. That was annoying. Every noise, every light, every scratch bugged us both. I slept like pure shit last night.
That bed better be here soon.
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