Waking up this morning after two nights of sleeping in the new house had a lovely familiar feel. This is not home yet, but this is a good house with a gentle spirit. Also, a good air conditioning system! It was 91 and sweltering yesterday and we expect more heat today.
The move was good but moving into a smaller house sucks. We seem to have too much of everything. Of course, there are piles of boxes everywhere which makes the house even smaller. Hopefully, once I start putting things away, I will see how stuff will fit in. We’ve already rearranged the living room twice trying to make space for bookcases and shelves for our "collections."
The local guys who unloaded us were interesting and very friendly. All three had spent time in prison and were delighted to meet a lawyer who did the kind of work that I did for the court. Ah, my guys! One of them might do some handyman work for us -- like cleaning gutters.
Oh, our frig doesn't fit and so it is sitting sort of in the middle of the room right now. I am not sure if just taking off door molding will give us the room to fit in where it belongs. The other option is to cut the counter, but that sound really messy and I have no idea how much storage space I will lose. We are planning to redo the kitchen soon, this may just push us into sooner. Also, I have a call into a plumber to hook up our stove, washer, and drier. I need to get cookin' and washin'.
Julia has been a great kid the last few days. Talk about rising to the occasion. On moving day, she played on the swing set in the back yard in the morning, went on a quick bank, grocery, mcDs for the crew run with me, and then later in the day, she went with Tanya (the realtor) and her daughter to a park. Yesterday, she sat with the realtor during closing, drawing on little pads and letting us pay attention to the closer. All the time, she was patient and undemanding. Maybe it is the air here, maybe she senses that mom needs this behavior. What ever it is, it was great.
The closing was a bit anticlimatic. The sellers (MJ and Nick) had pre-signed their documents. We signed document after document and we caught mistakes in some which meant changes and more signing, and adjustments to final figures. And then our lender did not wire the money and there were no checks to give out. But we are in and finished. Money will be distributed today. Much more like a business deal than a house sale which was really fine. It was rather interesting to find out that the realtor for this house lives a few houses down, and our realtor is looking at houses in this neighborhood.
We met MJ on Sunday before we moved in when we came to look at the house empty (David saw it this way before he made the offer). We surprised MJ as she was trying to take the hardware she uses to put her canoe up in the garage. She wants to divide some of the perennials in the fall and I was very happy to agree. I have ideas for the garden beds here bit there is lots to start with and so I will let them play out just weeding for awhile.
Our neighbor, Maria, came over to introduce herself last night. She brought a vase of flowers from her garden, not knowing what a perfect gift that is for me. She is a kindergarten teacher and gave us some hints about shopping in Madison. Although there is a supermarket, Copps, close by, it is less than adequate. Okay for staples, but unexciting in any other way.
To anyone who is reading this who doesn’t know, we are keeping our email and cell phone numbers the same for awhile. Also, if you call our Indy phone number, you will get our home number here.
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