The straw that broke the camel's back was actually a dryer

Warning this may be long and it's definitely a rant/vent

So, Andrew and I put in an offer on the house we're currently in. When we put the offer in we stipulated that we wanted a garage built. We were told the house would be finished in 14 days and that the garage would take 30-45 days after the initial 14. Ok that's cool. They let us do possession before close so we could live in the house while waiting for the garage to be finished. Well it took them 21 days to finish the house. We moved in on the 11th and gave them a laundry list of things to be fixed on top of the few minor things found in our home inspection. To date nothing we requested be fixed has been fixed. Also, they have not started work on my garage yet. They keep giving me different excuses every time I call and I'm freaking over it! We can't close until the garage is built and there is no way we're going to be ready by our close date of July 12th because THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED THE FREAKING GARAGE!!!!! Oh yeah and this weekend my septic system broke and I had to basically throw a hissy fit go get it fixed. Friday we noticed there was a hole in our backyard and cracked pipe it was late but we notified the realtor and she contacted the builder who said someone would be out first thing Saturday morning and we should just try not to use a ton of water. OK I understand that at 10pm no plumber is coming to my house. Well 10am on Saturday rolls around no plumber I contact the realtor (again) and she contacts the builder who informs her the plumber who installed the system is out of town until monday so we should just live with it. UMMM NO!!!!!!! This is where the hissy fit came in. I spoke with the builder and informed him he was in breach of contract since the house was not livable and that he would either fix it, put us up in a hotel if he couldn't, or we were walking away from the house. He finally send two of his guys out here to fix it at almost 7pm, but at least it got fixed. Add to this the fact that my TMO shipment came in missing a box that was clearly mislabeled as what is missing is not what was listed on the inventory. TMO broke my freaking dryer knobs off and the movers gouged the linoleum in our laundry room (the house isn't even a month old!). I also discovered today that the snapped the support in the back of my couch the one I only bought 4 months ago and haven't quite finished paying off! Then tonight was the straw that broke the camels back. I realized Andrew had left all our laundry detergent at a friends and I have no way of contacting that friend and of course Andrew is gone. So, I went to the store I bought laundry detergent and dryer sheets. I also picked up the drain house for our washing machine because that was conveniently missing from our TMO shipment. I went to hook up the dryer which meant I had to move the washer and dryer. Moved them both hooked up the vent hose for the dryer went to plug it in and the plug won't fit in the outlet in our house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm freaking over it. I officially hate this house it's like the house from h-e-double hockey sticks. It's done nothing but taunt me since we moved in. So now I have to go to Lowe's tomorrow buy a new plug and change the plug on the back of my dryer.

What we've been up to

So, our offer was accepted on the house and we were supposed to be in on the 4th (yeah last Thursday). Well the unforeseeable happened and our cabinets were never delivered so construction halted until they were delivered. They finally were installed on Tuesday last week. Wednesday they were supposed to hook up all our sinks, toilets, etc but discovered that the county had never hooked the water up to the house so now we're at another standstill until that can be done. I'm betting that we're going to miss our second move in date which is supposed to be tomorrow. I'm just getting nervous that if there are this many problems just getting the finishing touches done than how behind are they going to be on the garage they're supposed to build us. They said 30-45 days on that, but they also told us 14 days to finish the house and we're now on like day 18. Needless to say it's been stressful for us and we're tired of being in this dumb motel.

We've been going to the beach a lot lately. We've checked out all 3 that are near us (Topsail, Emerald Isle, and Onslow). The puppy is scared of the waves, but she had a good time when we brought her with us. We also found a park out here that has some boardwalks out over the marshes. Tango loves going for walks there so we try to go 3-4 times a week with her since she gets antsy being cooped up in this hotel just like the rest of us.

Topsail Beach

Tango on the beach (tell me she's not spoiled)

Pretty view from the boardwalks

Hoping to relieve some of the stress from house buying and being cooped up in this hotel room we traveled to Charleston, SC to see a friend's wedding. Dan was one of Andrew's classmates from Syracuse and Mary and I became fast friends as she was one of the few spouses who made it through the 10 months in Syracuse with me. Little did we know that this trip would be even more stressful then buying a house. The 4 hour drive turned into a 5.5 hour drive because of bike week in Myrtle Beach. Then we got to the hotel to discover they had given our room away even though we had a reservation and were there BEFORE check in. So, we crashed in a friends room, but it's still not the same as having you're own place to sleep. The wedding was a lot of fun but getting back to the hotel was a trip. There was supposed to be a shuttle which turned out to be someone's personal van which sat 5 comfortably. We squished 7 into to make sure that we could all make it back. We had to cut our trip to Charleston short because we needed to make it back to Jacksonville to check out the house and we knew it would take longer to get back than anticipated thanks to Bike Week. So. all in all our relaxing weekend wasn't so relaxing.

Mary and Dan

All the Syracuse people who went to Mary and Dan's wedding