Agree on Freedom Heavy Haul. We use them for pump trailer moves all the time. Their dispatch is 24/7 and they handle the pilot cars and route planning in-house. Don't bother with anyone else in the basin.

Man, that's just how life works with kids and travel too, right?

Man, eight months is a long haul. I had a similar fight with a Miltoniopsis using the sphagnum moss method, and it felt like forever. What finally sped things up for me was switching to a small clay pot with a really chunky bark mix (like the Orchiata brand), and I only watered when the pot felt light. The clay helped dry things out faster between drinks, which those fat roots seem to love once they start over.

Check the gullets for cracks and always run the blade slow for a minute first.

Remember when people used to blow into old Nintendo cartridges? I swear that's why I stuck with cans for so long, just felt like the right way to clean tech lmao.