So, about the house…we’re in! But, still quite unsettled. We
accomplished a good amount last Friday, because the movers were super fast, but
things slowed over the weekend when both kids got sick and needed extra cuddles
and attention from mom and dad. I’m happy with the house, but living in a two-story
is taking some getting used to after having everything on one level for so many
years. I actually was getting cramps in my calves earlier in the week from all
the up-and-down. But, we’ll get a better routine down eventually…I hope.
Lainey loves the new space. She was adorable when we brought
her home last week. She had been to the house a few times, but now it had all
her stuff in it. She just kept pointing at things as saying “It’s Lainey’s
[fill in the blank].” We also bought her
a play kitchen as a “welcome to your new home” present, which she played with
pretty much non-stop over the weekend. I’m so glad we went ahead and got it, so
she’d have some easy entertainment, because we are currently without cable or
internet. That story is too long and aggravating to recount, so I’ll just leave
it at “Comcast sucks.” In theory, we should be getting set-up this Saturday.
Mark told me if the guy shows up and says he can’t do it, I should just call
the cops. It hasn’t been as excruciating as I thought living without TV, but
the internet thing has been hard. We have our iphones, but the internet runs
better on wifi and some things just don’t cut it on a 2”x4” screen.
We’ve had a few other little snafus with the house, but we’re working through them. For instance, we are replacing all the interior doors, because a) they’re old and worn and b) when we ripped up the carpet, it left a two-inch gap between the bottom of the floor and the door. There must have been some serious padding under that stuff. Turns out all the doors in our house are 1 5/8 inches thick, but standard doors these days are 1 3/8 inches thick. They don’t even make 1 5/8-inch doors anymore. Our contractor thinks he has a work-around, but of course it will cost more money and there’s a chance that once he starts, it could be more difficult than expected and cost even more money. Welcome to home ownership.
On the very bright note, it is wonderful to have a yard and to be in easy walking distance of a few parks. And it’s even more wonderful to be able to roll the stroller right out of the garage and not have to lug it in-and-out of the car trunk or up-and-down the stairs. And can I get a shout out for central heat and A/C?!! Even though the temperatures cooled off so much this week that we’ve actually needed the heat at night, I’ll take heat that I can control with a push of a button, instead of cranking on a half-dozen radiators. And did I mention the garbage disposal…yeah, we’ve got one of those again, too!
Also on the good side is the people are VERY friendly. This
also falls on the kinda-weird-I-don’t-know-how-I-feel-about-this side. I mean,
I don’t want cranky, mean neighbors, but people out here are seriously
interested in greeting us. Even walking to the park, a random dude stopped us to say “hello” and ask about the kids. I guess
we’re just so used to living anonymously that we feel a little out of our
element making small talk with every passerby. I mean people aren’t even this
friendly back in Ohio. Maybe the slip Prozac into the water out here.
The commute has been fine so far. The morning is a little
worse than the evening, which I was expecting to be the other way around. But,
it looks like we’ve only added about 15 minutes each way, so nothing earth
shattering.
So, that's week one on Loleta in a nutshell!
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