The Bipolar Otaku

Yay!

Today was August 9, and we signed the closing papers on June 18. That means I've been waiting 52 days. They were required to be moved out and have handed over the keys within 60 days; they will be doing it on August 15, the 58th day. Of course, I will be out of town from this Saturday to next Saturday, and then I'll be going almost directly to a wedding, so chances are that I'll have to wait until August 22 to actually go inside my house. My sister will be picking up the keys for me, instead. So my family will get to see it before I do... bummer... Plus, one of my friends is in town for the first time since we graduated, so I'm sure I'll be spending some time hanging with him.

At least I'll be taking the whole next week off as a vacation, which will give me 8 days to move as much as I can fit in my Sebring. I've got tons of stuff (mostly new stuff) packed away in boxes, and tons more that I still need to box up. Of course there's a bunch of stuff that I'll need to do upfront, before actually starting to move stuff, like changing the door locks, vacuuming the empty rooms, decide whether to paint some of them now or not, make sure all the utilities are in place. Then there will be other things to start to order and get delivery of, like my couches (which are ready to get delivered), a ladder or two, a grill, maybe some other stuff which I'm going to think immediately important to order but I know I can't fit in my car. Then there will be the chore of getting all of my accounts to reflect the new address. And then there's a deck and all the windows that needs to be re-sealed, a lawn care service that I need to hire, and who knows what else.

Woo-hoo! Much fun on the horizon! (said with partial sarcasm, partial elation)