Wow. What a season of up and downs. I've been trying to get a set of balance friendly playground tiles for Doug for several months now. There's been a company willing to help, and me willing to install it. But there has been roadblock after roadblock after roadblock. First, every single agency that wanted to help in terms of sorting out the charitable status of things hit a Revenue Canada wall. Then, once that was surmounted, there was the shipping costs. Several hopeful leads led to nothing. Finally, a shipper has stepped up and offered to help out. I don't even know who they are yet, but they've offered to ship the entire pallet for only $200. And thanks to some of my other shipping quests, I even have a spot to ship them too with a forklift!
Door after door after door have been slamming in our faces on this since we began. It seems, however, that everytime one closes, eventually another opens. I don't know if I'm being taught patience or persistence. The tiles are loaded on a pallet at the factory, and just waiting for the shipper to pick them up. They could be here as early as the end of next week. This is an answer to many a prayer.
I'm getting a little freaked out over the job of installing them now. It has always been at the bottom of the list. First priority was to get them here. Then I was going to worry about how the heck I was going to get them in. I'm starting to worry. :)
I'm going to do what any computer geek would do in a case like this. I'm going to build a website listing all the things that need to happen. I'll publish a link to it as soon as I'm done. Watch this space. If you feel like you want to help let me know.
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