New Beginnings: Day Seven

I have pictures. I do. But I have been so thorough in my packing, that I already packed the cable that connects the camera to the computer. I almost wasn't able to blog today at all, because in my thorough packing I started to dismantle the PC, since I have my work laptop at home today. Then I realized WHY I have my work laptop at home. Because I'm supposed to be working from home today. Which, technically, I am. I've checked email three times now. Go me!

Anyway, point being if I dismantle the computer, I dismantle the modem, making my wireless Internet connection useless. I'm already freaking out a little that this will be the last day I have Internet until Monday, and I will only have it at work until next Wednesday when the Comcast dudes come hook up my brand new cable modem. Yippee! But never fear, Tim will not be without TV for even a day, because Comcast cable is included in our HOA fees, so we can simply hook up the TV and away we go.

So, pictures. Probably not until Monday, and then you will get the whole slew of them. The painting debacle at the new house, the wrong-colored kitchen that has turned out to be not so bad, the painting prep and finished product in our new bedroom, which turned out really cool, and the disaster area that is currently my apartment. The cats are having a ball, because I decided to be organized about the packing this time around. I have all the boxes, hefty bags, and small pieces of furniture in what we used to consider the dining room, and some more in the kitchen. You practically have to be Houdini to access the bottle of orange soda that is the only thing left in the refrigerator. I have a feeling Tim is going to flip out when he comes home, because while the packing method makes sense to me, it is most likely not in the right order for loading the truck tomorrow. Whatever. He'll figure it out.

And when I tell you I have gotten rid of roughly 25 Hefty bags full of crap over the past week, I think I may be estimating a little on the low side. And I can only cringe, because if we managed to accumulate so much stuff over the past two years in this small apartment, can you imagine what we are going to be able to hoard over the next five or ten years in a house with a garage and an attic? It boggles the mind.

So, I will resume my method of packing organization for the rest of the day, and tomorrow morning at 10AM the moving madness begins. Ugh. Honestly, the part I am dreading the most is what to do with the zoo. They need to be out of the way, and the three furry ones are all going to freak right out with all the activity going on tomorrow. Loki is already in permanent stomp stance in his cage.

Tangent! We ordered pizza last night because cooking has not been an option at all this week, since I packed all the appliances, pots and pans last Sunday. We left two slices of pizza in the box on the kitchen counter. A packed box stood on the floor in front of the counter just below the pizza box. The master of mischief otherwise known as Loki managed to pull himself up on that box, grab the pizza box, and snatch a slice in his tiny little jaw before Tim or I really knew what was happening. We had to tackle him and wrestle the slice of pizza away from him, and then we put him to bed for the night. It has not ceased to amaze me how strong that little brat is when he really wants something.

SO - I am worried about the furry ones' well being for the weekend. Not only are we going to lock them up and freak them out with all the commotion, we are then going to stick them in carriers, put them in the car, and transport them to their new home that they are probably going to hate for two weeks straight. Until we let them out on the screened-in patio. I'm thinking they're going to love it because, frankly, it is bigger than our current living room, is home to lizards galore, and they all love to be outside. The other two I'm not so worried about. Styx and Hydra will be all "Oh, this looks like a new wall outside my cage. Interesting. When can I eat?"

Wish us luck - tomorrow is going to be insane and exhausting, but it will be worth it. Because tomorrow night I get to sleep (among other things) in my very own house.

WOO-HOO!