I know it sounds pitiful but....

I need an acknowledgement and a purging off all that has gone "wrong" since I first announced that I was moving to Asheville. Here is a list, not necessarily in exact chronological order:

• Roof leak in Seattle house & bids from $250 for repair to $4500 for replacement.
• Three freak snowstorms which prevented me from having ANY going-away events.
• Three freak snowstorms which made it impossible to consider driving with a trailer.
• Problems with getting my stuff shipped, eventually going with Amtrak to Greenville, SC.
• Three freak snowstorms which closed all the mountain passes from Seattle.
• Weather all over the West prohibiting me from taking a direct route to NC, costing me 900 additional miles.
• Horrible weather throughout the country, costing me 1 1/2 extra driving days.
• Property manager calling to say that tenants were pissed about the dog poop which I couldn't pick up before I left because it was covered in snow and demanding a rent reduction.
• Starting work & finding out I only get paid once a month, causing incredible financial challenge with the first paycheck being only for three weeks.
• Getting a call from Allstate that they were cancelling my homeowners insurance.
• Having a tick embed itself in my back in freezing February.
• Behavior problems in Chinook emerging.
• Serious behavior problems in Chinook blossoming.
• Behaviorist telling me to euthanize him.
• Trying to find another home for him and instead finding a dead dog.
• Getting my second paycheck only to find that a big chunk was left out accidentally and my tax withholding is all wrong, resulting in shortfall of over $1000.
• A flying rock cracking my windshield.
• Realizing that the grass is not necessarily greener and watching my old job be chopped up into pieces.
• Seeing my old employer having to lay off 200 people and implement a hiring freeze, thus ending any fantasy I might have of returning anytime soon.

Let's see - what am I leaving out? I guess this will have to do it for now.