moving... the never ending saga

We are finally moved into our apartment. This may seem like a small task, but it has been drama. We have been here two weeks and are now in our third apt. We strated in our temp housing and had two weeks to be there. In the mean time, we were given a 3 BR apt that we had to furnish and everything. That in itself was a task getting everything from kitchen supplies to couches to closets (not to mention having one of the closet getting dropped off a second floor patio). Well, yesterday we finally got everything moved in (thank God). Anyways, today at work we were informed that they actually gave our apartment, yes the one we just moved into, to a couple. Sooo, we were told we had to be out today. Yeah, I was pissed. We made a deal w/ the housing guy (Frank) that if they provided us movers, and not the one that hoisted the closet out of the balcony, that we would call it even. Besides, out new apt is nicer. Well, today we spent the day repacking everything we packed. The movers came, filled up the truck for the first trip, started unpacking, and it began to pour. Now, we were scared everything would get soaked. Anyways, in the meantime Frank came by to talk w./ the movers. Turns out they didn't think we would have furniture (Not sure what they thought we would have, but hey, it's China). Snce they were charging "too much" Frank said that we could have the guards move our stuff. At this point I was fuming seeing that all our stuff was packed, 1/2 of it was in the truck, and it was raining. After to heated dicussions w/ Frank and some lady, not sure who she is, we got them to agree to pay the movers the rest of the money. Needless to say, our stuuf finally got moved, we signed our contract, and I am moved in!!! As the saying goes, third time is the charm!