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New House, Week 2: Emptying Boxes
By Jonathan | July 31, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Week two of the new house was full of much less surprises and excitement than last week…no water on the ceiling, no leaky pipes, and the [long] grass was made shorter. This week we unpacked a whole ton of boxes and tried to find a home for everything in the new place. As of Thursday evening I would say we are about 75% unpacked, although we’re more like 25% moved in. It’s obvious which rooms have taken more neglect than others based on remaining clutter. The office has by far seen the worse of it; there are cables and cords and stuff that should be in/on my desk everywhere. I think this room will be the big one to tackle next week.
Meanwhile we finally were able to get Time Warner out here to install Internet and cable to the house. It was a debacle at first since none of the previous owners ever had TWC, but after talking to five different people on three different days we finally got it straightened out. What a treat, right? Sorry Kevin, I’ll leave DirecTV for you to explore…
I’ve taken bunches of photos of packing up the apartment and moving into the house that I would like to post eventually, but cleaning this place up has been the top priority for Abi and me since we moved it. Baby steps, my friends, baby steps. And no, not from real babies! Leave me alone!
I made one final trip to our apartment today for a little last-minute-end-of-lease vacuuming. Afterword I dropped off our keys to the office, flipped the place the bird and left. The bird thing might be an exaggeration, but I did shout “peace” as I walked out for the last time. It was a bittersweet moment, but rest assured we are on to bigger and better things! I wish I had my camera there for a couple photos of the empty place, but oh well. That’s it. No more 6750 Towering Ridge Way Apt. 198!
To sum this up I can say that Abi and I are incredibly thrilled to own a house! It’s truly amazing, and we love it! Stay tuned for the party!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
No mention of me losing your house key 8 days after you moved in? I’m hurt, Jon.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Ahhh, I figured the DirecTV comment would be enough. Since you appear to want more fame and fortune I will provide readers with this link to a nice photo gallery that belongs do you. Also, Kevin lost a key to our house 8 days after we moved in because it fell out of his pocket down into the cracks in the back seat of Joe’s car.