Moving adventures

So, this weekend was quite a bit more of a weekend than we had anticipated.

Here's a little picture of how moving into our new home went. About 2 hours before we were supposed to officially close on the house, our realtor called and said our house had been vandalized. Apparently some kids have been going around the area (which is one of the safest places in all of Tucson with no--almost no--crime) breaking into houses that are for sale and vacant and having a party there and trashing the place. So here's some pictures of what they did.

The cops came out that night (Thursday) (after waiting for 3+ hours), and took fingerprints and stuff. Then we had to wait for the insurance agent to come check out the damage before we could start cleaning up. Because we found it before closing, it was still the responsibility of the last owners' homeowners insurance. So we waited all day Friday, and finally that night she made it out, and we started cleaning after she was done. It only took a few hours to clean up, thanks to the help of my parents and brother and sister-in-law and Jacob. I worked for a little while, but got a bit too hot anywhere except the living room where we had fans going (the AC wasn't working either). Besides the heat, I was kind of dead from all the packing and stress of the day, and not having gotten a nap or slept well the night before, along with the baby sucking all my energy, so I was pretty much good for nothing. But those guys did a good job and got everything cleaned up so we could move Sat. morning.
The moving went fine and actually was pretty quick. I recommend never living on the 3rd floor, however, unless you really love the exercise. I got winded every time I'd go back upstairs, so I ended up supervising more than moving (besides that my tummy got in the way of carrying boxes). Now we're mostly unpacked. Here's some pictures with our stuff scattered around, but most of the junk from the punk kids cleaned up. We'll have to get someone in to fix the broken window, and the holes they punched in the drywall, then we'll get to have the rooms repainted. Of course the one room that has a funky paint job is the only one the kids left alone, so it's the only one the insurance isn't covering to repaint. We might repaint it anyway, as long as the rest of the stuff is getting done. And we'll go get some new doors since they destroyed all but 2 of them (luckily one that they left in tact was to the toilet room). So here are pictures of mid-unpacking. Most of it ias actually unpacked now. We just haven't unpacked the books yet, because we decided to wait until the painting is done so we don't have to try to move a full bookcase.



So that's the story of our move. We're hoping the repairs will go quickly. Whenever it's all done I'll put some updated pictures on here so you can check it out.