FAIL

Today was our day of organizing all the stuff that will need organizing with outside people and/or companies. Here's the tally so far:

- get a charity to pick up our furniture: FAIL. (Nobody can come pick up until March 4th at the earliest. Today is February 4th.) We called every place in the yellow pages. Does everyone really book this stuff one month in advance? Really?

- get Arlo on a direct flight to Ontario: FAIL. There is ONE direct cargo flight from Victoria to ANYWHERE in Ontario per day, and he's not allowed on it because "it's too early" and the workers won't be there in time to load him. What is the use of a cargo flight that does not accept cargo at the departure point? I'm calling the head honcho on Wednesday to argue some more.

- call my mom because I couldn't talk to her yesterday: FAIL. Mom was not home. She called me yesterday when I was in the middle of moving furniture at a friend's house. I didn't recognize her voice at first, and then kept getting distracted by the chaos going on around me. I called her back this morning to actually have a conversation, and she's not home.

- Get the propane on the Yukon Ho certified: APPOINTMENT BOOKED! This is the first useful thing we've accomplished all day.

Not a great start. I hate relying on others. They disappoint.