Wow, thank you for asking. That’s very nice of you.
The move is going well. We hired movers, being soft little punks, so that made it a lot faster. We’re bad at cleaning, being soft little punks, so that might make it a little more expensive. Pro tip for landlords: The bigger you make my security deposit, the better the chance I’ll do a good job on the move-out clean-out. I mean, I did a pretty good job yesterday, but that was mostly because the lady who cleans out the empty units was always nice to my dog. It all boils back to my dog.
Speaking of my dog, Fargo has immediately taken to the new place, which is a big relief and a big surprise. The last time we moved, she was not happy with us. Barked every time we left her in the crate. Now, she’s hanging out right outside her crate in regular, non-crate time. It turns out that if you’re a dog who likes scrambling around all over the place, playing with your orange ball, you might appreciate there being a little more carpet to save your knees the work.
The biggest news of the move is, of course, that our long battle with Fetch is coming to a close. I guess they won, when I think about it technically. They still exist, and we got up and left. It wasn’t *because* of them, but it’s the part I’m most excited about. The ability to receive packages without a cartel seizing them and charging you a surcharge to get them delivered inconveniently sometimes/stolen other times is an ability I’d greatly missed. We ordered some cotton balls (for the dog’s ears, obviously, it always boils back to my dog). They arrived on our doorstep the next day. I feel like a Luddite rediscovering the shipping advances of the last thirty years.
While the battle with Fetch is over, though, the war is not. We’ve already had one reader reach out to us to say that they’re looking for a new apartment and eliminating from contention all buildings which use Fetch Package as their “Delivery” Service. This is not overkill. We recommend this to all our readers. We also recommend telling us about it, and then telling us how your new apartment handles deliveries, and then telling us how much better it is. You could say Fetch won the battle. I just said Fetch won the battle. But Fetch has no leverage on The Barking Crow anymore. If we hold their feet to the reputational fire, they can’t steal our packages in retaliation. They can’t punish us by delaying our birthday presents. They can’t strike back by withholding our prescription dog food.
It all boils back to my dog.
