OUCH OUCH OUCH

OUCH OUCH OUCH

Since we have not heard anything for 4 days from Crown Relocation, the company responsible for delivering our things to us, I am starting to panic. It’s the slow building, sick to your stomach, panic. Remember last week they told us we cleared Aduana ( customs ) but they would be delayed a week or so getting our things to us, since they are busy. When we tried to get a definitive time table from them they stopped corresponding with us. Yes, I know they are busy, but you can at least answer our e-mails, or accept a phone call from us. Apparently our expectations are too high!! Not happening!

This morning we decided that no matter what , we were talking with these people! OY!!….not manana. On the drive to LaPaz this morning I started dialing. It was so strange cause the phone did not seem to work, even though we had received a phone call earlier. We call and call. Nothing! When we get to LaPaz we stop at the Telcel store (Telcel is the company responsible for all telecommunications here) only to find out their system is out. THE SYSTEM IS OUT! All internet, all cells phones...OUT! Talk about things that make you go fuuuuuu……well you know.

Ouch number one. We can not even get a hold of these people, and I am obsessed. I hit re-dial every other minute. Smart Maurice says nothing.

Ouch number two comes when the pump we drove to LaPaz to get is not available. Yes, we could have called, but the people who told us where to go only knew directions, not the name of the store. An hour drive for “nada“!!! Yes we stop and grocery shop, pick up a switch, but really it is an hour drive for nothing.

O.K. a sidebar here. Anyone in Toronto is laughing right now saying, “YOU DROVE 3 to 4 HOURS EVERY DAY, EACH WEEK to get to and from work for 17 years!!! I have to tell you THAT was easy. There were no animals roaming the roads. Today we actually saw a HUGE dead horse in the middle of the highway. No, really I do get it the irony of it all and I laugh, too. Seems like these drives should be nothing, but they are. And gas is expensive. (and Maurice is behind the wheel now, not me) Whine whine whine.

Finally Telcel works and we get through to Crown Relocation. OH GEE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. I am shocked!!! Problems are so rare here. It seems that we really did NOT cleared customs. Our household things are fine but Maurice has too many tools. What could possibly be the solution??? Could it involve money??? Hmmm...let me guess??

Well they are not that blunt and they even give us hope that maybe it will be O.K.

B.S. I say!!!! Of course only to Maurice, who is by now rather frightened of me.

They say they will let us know the results of our situation. Since they do not have such a good track record I want to know when....Oy or manana?? This is one case where Oy is the only answer!!

Oy we find out that yes, there are some money issues. The Federal Department of Finance (named only to scare us) not only wants to charge us for bringing in the tools but also for storage. STORAGE!! We have been begging for our things!! Yesterday it was 8 weeks since “everything we own” pulled out of our driveway in Tottenham. 8 weeks!! 57 days and they want to charge us storage!!!! Are they out of their fricking minds!!! I vote yes!

Ouch number 3.

How much, we say??? They will let us know. Of course they will.

Ouch Ouch and Ouch!!

Cocktail anyone???

We’re having one!!!