divine angst

1) We close on our house today. Bye-bye, home. A little sad, but also a little exciting, to be moving forward. Obviously, I’ve been majorly ambivalent about this whole moving thing, but at least part of that is because of the sheer mess that is our new apartment. I think doing some unpacking—and getting a storage space for some of the things that we don’t really have room for—will certainly help my outlook.

Closing is over. Keys have changed hands. We are now officially several thousand fewer dollars in debt. Yay! I want also to add a huge THANK YOU to everyone who left encouraging comments over the last four days of my whining about moving. They really helped. I’ll try not to be so single-minded in my posting when we move in August. This last week’s moving posts are about the boringest things I’ve ever read.

2) We ordered a sweet 20-inch flat-panel monitor from Dell this week. It was on sale—BIG sale. Like, 25% off. It shipped today and should arrive sometime this week. I think getting rid of the big, hulking CRT monitor will help my outlook in our new home, too. More space! More space! [Ed’s note: We planned to buy a new monitor so we could get rid of the hulking CRT; I think we just got lucky that Dell had this one on sale right now. It’s a beautiful thing, coincidence.]

3) I was able to accomplish cooking on and in an electric range and oven last night. I was worried about that, since I learned to cook on a gas range. (The oven isn’t such a big deal, but I am glad I brought my oven thermometer, since the thing runs about 50° hot. Yikes!) I think I’ll need to keep practicing, but I’m feeling pretty good about it all. We will also be using our outdoor George Forman a lot, I think.

4) My Fair City is getting a lovely blast of late-spring cool air. Northern parts of my state are getting snow, even! It’s delightful, really. I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts because, soon enough, the heat will descend and suck all the energy out of my bones.

That’s all I can think of right now. I may add to to this list as the day goes on.