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| Under this pile is a bed. A queen size one. |
We finally finished our consum- ables shop- ping. And by we I mean I. Except appar- ently I didn't get enough mayonnaise because Joey doesn't think the two jars will be enough to make tuna salad out of the 40 cans of tuna we bought or the 42 cans of salmon. No, that is not hyperbole, we seriously bought 82 cans of meat which is currently sitting in our guest bedroom. Or what used to be a guest bedroom. The whole queen size bed is covered in food and paper products; there is a little tiny path for Joey to get to his closet and dresser. In fact our consumables/supplies have spilled over to our living room; there are tires piled next to the toilet paper next to the dining table. After four trips to Costco, a trip to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Giant (like Hy-Vee), two trips to Target, two trips to Walmart, a trip to Marshall's, BareMinerals, and orders from six different stores online, we spent a grand total of $8,052 and the craziest part is we probably won't see any of this stuff for at least three months, because that is how long it will take for our HHE (household effects) to get to us. Joey put it best: "When I imagined becoming a diplomat, loading the back of a truck with tires and toilet paper wasn't exactly what I pictured."
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| Trying to finagle the bags in the trunk of my tiny car in the snowstorm today was tons of fun. |
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| In case you need 24 gallons of motor oil or a shelving unit, we have those, as well as three "hamster" water bottles for the dogs' kennels. |
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| For perspective - just enough room to fit Joey |
We finally finished our consum- ables shop- ping. And by we I mean I. Except appar- ently I didn't get enough mayonnaise because Joey doesn't think the two jars will be enough to make tuna salad out of the 40 cans of tuna we bought or the 42 cans of salmon. No, that is not hyperbole, we seriously bought 82 cans of meat which is currently sitting in our guest bedroom. Or what used to be a guest bedroom. The whole queen size bed is covered in food and paper products; there is a little tiny path for Joey to get to his closet and dresser. In fact our consumables/supplies have spilled over to our living room; there are tires piled next to the toilet paper next to the dining table. After four trips to Costco, a trip to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Giant (like Hy-Vee), two trips to Target, two trips to Walmart, a trip to Marshall's, BareMinerals, and orders from six different stores online, we spent a grand total of $8,052 and the craziest part is we probably won't see any of this stuff for at least three months, because that is how long it will take for our HHE (household effects) to get to us. Joey put it best: "When I imagined becoming a diplomat, loading the back of a truck with tires and toilet paper wasn't exactly what I pictured."
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