This whole adulting thing is lame - and it randomly sneaks up on you - am I right? This week it was buying a new washer and dryer. It sounds easy enough to if you just say it like that and I was even blessed to have a dear friend whose sister had a set she needed to get rid of that were very lightly used and sitting in a storage unit waiting for a home. She kindly asked for a very reasonable amount and I was THRILLED to take them off her hands. Next step - pickup and installation…aka. ADULTING… aka. round 267 of Shelly exclaiming “ I NEED A HUSBAND!!!”.
After several days of procrastination and more mental grumbling than I care to admit, I exercised what little strength I had to send a flurry of text messages before diving into the world of google searches. Do you know how many questions there are when it comes to picking up a washer and dryer from a friend?
Ok…so I know I need to rent a truck…obvi…Uhaul…now…
What size truck? 10ft or 15 ft?
One has an ez-lift ramp…do we need that?
Do you think we can get away with using a big ol’ piece of wood?
Do you think we have to rent the appliance dolly or will a regular dolly be sufficient?
What about the $14 insurance from Uhaul?
Is peace of mind worth $14
If I take a picture of how the current washer and dryer are hooked up will we be able to hookup the new ones?
OH GOSH WHAT DO I DO WITH THE OLD WASHER AND DRYER? (problem for later)
I have a gas washer and dryer. Do I need to turn the gas off before disconnecting them?
How does one go about turning the gas off?
Hi random stranger - do you pickup old appliances? WANT MINE?
What did we do before the Internet people, I mean seriously! In the long run I am going to spend as much money getting the new washer and dryer to my house as I did buying the darn things! Good grief. AND I still think a husband would be a darn good trick to have up your sleeve in situations like these. Especially because at this particular moment in time I just have a GIANT HOLE in my garage where the old washer and dryer used to be plus some hoses and pipes and a lot of dryer fluff (note to self, I need to take a broom to all that at some point). Yes you read that correctly - I successfully got rid of the broken washer and dryer; but because it rained in California over the weekend (which literally almost never happens) DIRT aka. mud waylaid my plans for pickup on the “new to me” units. All that time spent googling and reserving a uhaul and getting a friend to help me with the big event came to naught. Saturday instead of doing several loads of laundry I ended up at Target buying new tank tops because this girl has not washed her clothes since…are you ready for it…MARCH 5th. THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES PEOPLE. I’m headed out of town this weekend so I’m not sure when I will attempt to procure the washer and dryer next. Good thing Target and I are friends. #findthewin
2 comments:
When it comes to home adulting, I got you covered. There are people who come and pick up your old broken ones for free. But for next time, there are appliance repair people who sell and deliver and install used appliances like washers and dryers for super cheap... Like 150 cheap. That's what I do for my rental. If you still need haul away, check it out on Craigslist.
What did you do??? hand wash your underwear then?? MARCH 5th??? SERIOUSLY???!!!!
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