Out

We are all packed. It only took me 5 tries and one suitcase more than I wanted to get it the way I wanted. All the details are ironed out. I have a few more chores to do to get the apartment ready for the cat nanny. It both simplifies and complicates things to have a live-in house sitter, but I'm grateful to have found her.

The house closing was almost anti-climatic after all the drama of the last month. It's the first time the sellers were in the room with us and physically handed the keys over. The guy who did the work is a contractor, so we'll contact him later when we're ready to build a deck. We're also trying to figure out how and where to build an outdoor cat enclosure. The furries have gotten used to being able to go out on the balcony, so I'd like to get them some outside time without losing them. The chain link fence isn't going to keep them contained, and I'm not sure the city allows privacy fences.

We moved 3 loads of stuff to the house. I did 2 by myself. It goes way faster with 2 people. We met the next-door neighbors on one side of us last night. They have 3 little kids (grade school/pre-school age). I'm pretty sure the family on the other side has kids about the same age, so I might get a little grandma training. :-) The movers come for the furniture and a few boxes on the 15th. (We get back around noon the 11th.) I think they will make things way easier and will be worth the extra expense. The good part about having moved some stuff on my own already is I have the route more or less down. We took 2 cars out there Thursday night so we could leave the van in the garage, and Eric took a wrong turn, which almost never happens, so I got to the house a few minutes before he did. It kinda made my day.

Things are finally coming together. Right now, today, the drama has all be worth it. Thanks for putting up with my anxiety.