Settling in

it's only been a few days but i feel like we're beginning to settle in a bit. we've cooked three meals here now so i think in some weird way that equates settling. i've posted some pictures of the house it's not perfect by any means but it's coming along.

today we fixed breakfast and sat for a while watching tv. i unpacked two or three more boxes and put some things away. then we left here in the big Penske truck to run errands. (let me plug Penske right now... they're great. the truck was relatively new and their rates are so much better than the other rental places; we got discounts for reserving online and for AAA. we had the truck from wednesday to sunday which is much longer than the others too. So what i'm saying is, rent penske if you need a big truck.-- enough of the shameless plug.)

So we ran errands in the big truck. We headed out and went to U-haul to return the six dozen furniture pads we rented for the move. We left there and went to Lowe's. I bought the parts to put up wire shelving in the laundry room. They make charcoal shelves now supposedly for the garage, but i'm all about matching and since the washer and dryer are black i went with the super duty shelves. I'll tackle that project maybe on my lunch break tomorrow. We also picked up a super cool water sprinkler. It has this track thing where you can create a water pattern so it only waters where you want it to as it goes around. It's hard to explain, but it's super cool. We also picked up a sprayer for the hose. It's going to be a challenge to keep this yard as beautiful as it is so we are trying to gather the tools to keep it looking good.

After Lowes we went to Wal-mart. I must say it's nice to be back in a place where wal-mart isn't a bad word. We bought an outside trash can and got a discount because they didn't have the lid. We also bought a weed eater and some other miscellaneous stuff we needed but forgot yesterday when we were there.

After depositing the purchases at the house we took the truck back. i think kelvin was a little sad; he had become attached to driving it, and he did a great job.

Of course at this point in the day it was about 3 and our orange danish and sausage was long gone. Kelvin grilled up steaks and i fixed sliced potatoes with Tony's. It was a yummy meal, and luckily we didn't run out of propane.

i have lots to do tomorrow for work. it'll be my first official day on the job as a telecommuter. We'll see how that goes.

on the road

it was about 53 degress outside when we woke up this morning. i just hope the coolness holds on sans rain so we can get packed up. kelvin and i have been up an hour or so finishing up packing. taking the bed apart and such as that. we hope to be on the road as soon as Red's crew gets us loaded and i vacuum and wipe down the bathrooms. just trying to get that deposit back from the rental office.

i can't believe today is here. if all goes well we'll rest our heads in Easton tonight and in our new house tomorrow night. i can't wait.

if anyone reads this and is bored tonight, give me a call on the cell; i'll be on the road. just think about braut and hairy in the car for 10 hours. call for my sanity.

on the job front

well, i had a second round phone interview this morning with a great school in NJ not far from where Kelvin is working. the boss i visited with seems cool. i emailed more stuff to her after we finished and I've already heard back. i have a campus interview on Wednesday next week. woo hoo. confidence builder if nothing else.

i decided last night i need to write a short comedy piece about moving since i have so much experience. i think i'll start with a lesson i learned last night... make sure your grandmothers dining room table is locked before you unscrew the thing and stand the top on it's side. there IS a story there, and you can just imagine me with this wood table top flinging apart. luckly i was home alone and the dog had finally decided to go take a nap in another room.

i have plenty more, but time is short and kelvin flies in in about 35 minutes. i guess i should head that direction.

a week away

It's absolutley exciting and terrifying that in exactly a week we'll be closing on the house, and there's so much to do before then. I have some photos up of the place: the house.

more at ease

I finally broke down and called Lafayette College again.. Seems mister McElroy has been on vacation for THREE weeks. Who puts up a job ad and then goes on vacation for three weeks straight? I guess it's pretty smart on his part, but it's grueling for me.

Anyway, I talked to the secretary and they did get my application materials. She said he should be back in early next week. They haven't even started putting the selection committee together so she said 'it could be a while'. So my mind is a bit more at ease. Their delay could allow me to work for a month or two for UM-Flint and finish some projects as well as get the house settled and cute before I make new friends for us at the new LC :) I'm wishful thinking again, but it's good to think positive right?

packing, packing and more packing

my weekend was spent with my lovers: clear tape and cardboard. i got lots done, but it seems the longer i work and more i pack the more i have left to do. sigh.

i also watched movies this weekend. i made sure i had Netflix at the house that i knew kelvin wouldn't want to watch. Taxi, Soul Plane and the United States of Leland. The two former were stupid no-brain sorts of movies so i could chill on the couch and not think about all the stuff i have to do. united states of leland was a bit dark but i think i liked it. it seems to lack some of the connections i needed to make it work for me, but i like kevin spacy and the girl who played jen on dawson's creek so it was an okay way to waste some time.

just one week to come to work in "real" clothes. i need to get my head really around this work at home concept. i have so much i want to get accomplished; i think i can make it happen.

fired over flip-flops?

I'm feeling rebellious today so i wore flip-flops to work. they aren't the really cheap obnoxious foamy ones so i'm hoping my boss will not fire me or anything. i mean, it's not like anyone else is at work on a friday in the summer.

i would really prefer to be at home packing the contents of my life into cardboard boxes but I guess income is more important that what i prefer. this move really doesn't feel all that real to me yet.. i mean yes, i've already begun signing my life away to the mortgage broker, but the paperwork doesn't feel real. real will be moving stuff in, cleaning, pulling weeds from the flowerbeds, not being angry at the women who insists on walking her mangy dogs outside our back door every morning, and not having the old lady above us run her dogs around the house like a race track.

a fresh start

i figure it's time for a fresh start. another summer, another move. i can't believe i'm packing up again. i guess the present stress will be worth the future payoff.

i guess i should maybe give some back information. the current situation is that:

1. Kelvin left today for his new job in NJ. Seton Hall. Impressive huh?
2. We close on a house in Forks Twp, PA on July 28
3. I've applied for a few jobs, but then my boss decided I could work at a distance so I'll be an official tele-commuter come August 1.

I'll fill you in more tomorrow...