At Capacity

As I posted last, we had to put our cat to sleep on Monday.  It was tough, I've never had to make a decision for a pet to die like that.  An hour later we had to sign a new lease on an apartment in L.A.  

Yesterday I met with a moving specialist who suggested I get over to my storage unit and assess how much stuff we have to send out west.  Good idea, I thought.  This was the storage unit we had to purchase to house some of our belongings because we lost the free storage we enjoyed when we had to vacate our water-logged apartment last October.  We've been piling up stuff in there as we've prepared for the move too.  I was feeling quite organized which is a good feeling to have.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  

We arrived at the unit yesterday only to discover that all of our belongings had been damaged from water and wet cement.  Initially, the storage facility wouldn't tell us when this happened or what had actually happened.  In fact, they went so far as to suggest it was our fault with paying them to store things that were valuable.  We finally found out that they had done some fireproofing and failed to notify anyone of this.  The lease we signed with them said we weren't covered for things like mold, mildew, natural disasters...basically everything.  HOWEVER, why did they have to purposely ruin my stuff?  They didn't even notify us or give us the option to move our belongings.  I could have covered my stuff in the alley with a tarp and it would have been better protected.  A lot cheaper too.   

You're not supposed to put valuables in a storage unit?  WTF?  

An antique Faberge egg I understand but we were housing clothes, my wedding attire, our queen sized bed that doesn't fit in our apartment, tons of books, pictures, pillows, blankets, etc.  And now they are all damp and coated in cement film.  They've been this way for 3 weeks apparently.  

I love how we got this unit to protect our belongings from water damage only to be damaged by water.  I'm really trying to figure out why all these hardships have been challenging us lately.  And I am just about at capacity.  A little more and I may have to take a mental vacation.