I think I found my new home!

[The Enigma]

That can be magic as well, a good night sleep that is.

[Wolferz]

Your first overnight stay will probably seem utterly strange but, that'll pass.

The mattress cover get dry yet?

Your desktop looks like icons-r-us

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Your first overnight stay will probably seem utterly strange but, that'll pass.

I dunno, I had a nap a couple weekends ago and didn't have any trouble feeling comfortable. And it's certainly a lot more peaceful here than in my old neighborhood.

The mattress cover get dry yet?

Yep. A friend came over today for a couple hours and I took advantage of that to get done a couple things that I knew would be far easier with two people. Getting the cover back on the mattress was one of them.

Already got the pad and the fitted sheet and one pillow on there, just need to add the cover sheet and a bankie and a couple more pillows and bring my comforter over in case it turns cold again.

Your desktop looks like icons-r-us

Lol, it's usually not that bad. I had to download a lot of docs in the course of buying the condo and I just saved them all to my desktop for easy access. I'll have to go through them later and "file" them all in a proper folder. A lot of the other stuff is mods I've downloaded for Skyrim but haven't looked at yet, so once again they're stowed on the desktop so I don't forget that I still need to check them out before possibly adding them to the mix. If and when I ever get back to playing.

OH SKYRIM I MISS YOU SO MUCH.

[Wolferz]

Gotta love a Skrim junkie.

[frau kaleun]

OY WHAT A DAY.

In anticipation of my first night staying over in the new place, I packed and transported two carloads of stuff starting about 9 AM this morning. It was all made even more fun by the fact that I woke up about 3 AM and couldn't get back to sleep for a couple hours, so I'm already tired when I get started. But pretty much everything is out of my bedroom except for some holiday stuff in the closet and, you know, furniture that I can't move until we have the truck. So not too shabby.

Anyhoo - got everything carried in and where it needed to go temporarily, at least mostly, and ordered my first LaRosa's delivery at my new address since I was starving. Had a hoagie for lunch and got a salad for later which I never ate and will have for dinner tomorrow I guess. Finished eating and got started on laundry and getting the master bath cleaned and set up so I could start actually living here.

Yikes, that took... WAY longer than expected. Doesn't it always? It was complicated by the fact that I spent about an hour and a half trying to hook up my showerhead, only to have it leak/spray water all over me and my nice mostly clean bathroom every single time no matter what I did. And I hooked it up right, but either something got busted in transit or I'm missing a washer somewhere. Took apart the showerhead left by the last owner and pulled washers out of that to see if they would help but nothing worked. Maybe whatever I needed is still in the bathroom back at the apt, I wonder if a washer got stuck up in the pipe or something and I didn't get it out.

Anyway that was getting really frustrating, here I was *this* close to being done, just needed to hook the showerhead up, and looking forward to having a nice shower and getting all the grime and sweat off... it's REALLY hot here today, even with AC running and ceiling fans there's just no way NOT to be hot and sweaty when you're working in a small upstairs room. Another reason I really, really hate cleaning bathrooms. I couldn't get my Waterpik to work and there was no way I was using the one that was in there when I arrived, it was really icky. Fortunately I remembered there was also another showerhead in the guest bath and checked that out and it looked relatively new and was a snap to clean up. Why it wasn't in the master bath to begin with is anybody's guess.

So, that was my day, and I didn't get done near what I'd hoped I would, but at least I accomplished something. And I did take a few pics.

Frau Kaleun has books!



Most of what's stacked along that wall is just... books. And there are still more boxes of them in my apt.

Laundry done?



CHECK.

Bathroom acceptably clean and functional?





CHECK.

And what about sleepy time?



Bed is ready, repeat, bed is ready. Makeshift nightstand reports Monday morning alarm is set. Pillow fort enabled. Comforter and extra bankie on standby. WE ARE GO FOR BEDDIE-BYE!



It'll be interesting to see how screwy my morning is, I'm not a morning person so I have a routine and have had for many years, I know exactly where everything is that I need, which hand to use to reach for it and when, what drawer to open, what order to do things in to get ready in the shortest amount of time possible so I can sleep as late as possible.

Tomorrow, nothing will be where my addled early morning brain will expect it to be. I've got stuff laid out and handy but I'm sure it will still be interesting.

[Jimbuna]

Your getting there

[Wolferz]

Almost home.

[Sailor Steve]

Congratulations on a good start. A couple of objections, though:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

and ordered my first LaRosa's delivery

That link is to a Wiki article, and since everybody knows that Wikipedia gets everything wrong and can't be trusted for anything, how do we know this place even exists?

Also, how does anyone order a sandwich from a pizza place? Sandwiches are great, but pizza is the food of the gods. Are you sure you're really a valkyrie?

Anyway that was getting really frustrating...

Yeah, you have to hate it when things decide they aren't going to cooperate no matter how hard you try. Maybe it's asking for a shower massage head or something.

Frau Kaleun has books!

Most of what's stacked along that wall is just... books. And there are still more boxes of them in my apt.

I like the staircase. I only see a few boxes, though. How many more do you have? I hope it's a lot; I need competition in the book department.

Here's hoping your first night HOME went well.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That link is to a Wiki article, and since everybody knows that Wikipedia gets everything wrong and can't be trusted for anything, how do we know this place even exists?

http://www.larosas.com/

Also, how does anyone order a sandwich from a pizza place? Sandwiches are great, but pizza is the food of the gods. Are you sure you're really a valkyrie?

I'm too tired to be sure of anything right now.

Altho I risk being drummed out of the SW Ohio club for saying so, I really don't care for their pizza. It's the sauce, I think - it's just not to my taste. So if I'm gonna get pizza, I get it somewhere else.

They do have really good hoagies, though, also I like their salads and pasta dishes. And the calzones, yum. Sometimes I'll get a focaccia style pizza, which has a different type of sauce on it.

I also don't like Cincinnati chili. So sue me. Skyline and Gold Star are the two biggies around here, I think they've also expanded into other parts of the country as well... usually those that see a large influx of Midwesterners at certain times of year or as retirees. But Cincinnati chili uses spices like cinnamon, allspice, stuff like that. AND THOSE THINGS DON'T BELONG IN CHILI.

Yeah, you have to hate it when things decide they aren't going to cooperate no matter how hard you try. Maybe it's asking for a shower massage head or something.

That's what I had, also what the previous owner had on there. I dunno, I think a washer or something fell out and I just don't have it. At this point I think mine is probably busted from dropping it so many times in the tub while I was trying to hook it up and getting sprayed in the face over and over again.

Well, there's a reason I got all those gift cards, lol. I'll find another I like and put that in my bathroom and put that decent spare back in the guest bath. At least now I know it's nice enough to leave in there and will save me replacing it whenever I get around to fixing up that shower for the many guests I will never have due to the lack of a furnished guest room.

I like the staircase. I only see a few boxes, though. How many more do you have? I hope it's a lot; I need competition in the book department.

I think there are four boxes left in the apartment. I don't know how many in the condo, they're stacked 3-4 boxes high and two rows deep along most of that wall. There might be one box in the office already.

It's still probably not nearly as many books as it felt like when I was loading and unloading them to get them moved over.

Here's hoping your first night HOME went well.

Well, the bed is comfortable enough and it's quiet enough but I still didn't get to sleep until about 1 AM and I woke up a lot earlier than I needed to. Too much to think about and probably too worried that the alarm wouldn't go off or I wouldn't hear it or whatever. I'm dead tired, right down to the bone. And I have to go back to the apt probably every night this week to keep taking things apart, throwing things out, and packing up stuff there. At least I'm getting to the point where very little needs to be moved over by me, I think most of what's left can be packed to go on the truck.

And I've got the holiday next Monday plus I'm taking the rest of that week off as vacation time. I need to go down to Florence KY to order my bedroom furniture on Sunday or Monday, since they're having a big Memorial Day sale of which I can take advantage. Lowe's is having a sale on major appliances through the holiday but so far the fridge I want hasn't shown up on their website with any sale price, it seems to be only selected models... so I may not need to worry about ordering that over the holiday weekend after all. My discount card is good til July so there's no rush if it's not on sale. I will have to move the current fridge first to verify measurements on the space and clean up that alcove, and I'm not sure I'll be up to that this week. Maybe. I don't know.

AND I've got to clean and do whatever repairs are necessary in the apartment. And I still haven't heard anything from the building manager about what to do with the keys but they had almost three weeks to call me before the phone was disconnected, and I gave them my cell in the letter... so I guess I'll call them when I get around to it if they can't be bothered to follow up on their end.