Thu, Nov 18, 2004

: House Buying Adventure

The last couple of days have been a blur. I think I slept a lot. I didn’t get much work done. I had some business stuff I needed to do and only partially accomplished it. Tomorrow I’ll have to really crank down. But I’ve been physically tired. I get up early (between seven and eight), then take a nap around eleven, then I take another nap in the afternoon, and by ten o’clock at night I’m falling asleep. The house is a bit depressing. Everywhere I look I see projects to be done. Worse, I keep thinking of new ones to do. It seems endless and is overwhelming. I haven’t started unpacking yet. I’m still shopping for stuff, that also seems endless and the thrill of spending money is starting to grate on me. There are just so many little things I need. For instance, you really need trash containers for every room of the house. In my old house, that meant three. Here that means about eight. I need things for the kitchen. I need to put up towel racks in the main bathroom. It’s endless. Today I went to Lowes and bought a new digital cell phone. It’s a Tracfone, the pay-in-advance plan I’m already on. My old one’s an analog phone and doesn’t include voice mail, something I need. I also bought a small cabinet for my bedroom to use as a nightstand/bookcase, and some ceiling light fixtures to replaces ugly ones in the house.

I went by the post office today and showed them the deed to my house (that served as the second piece of identity they wanted) and got my mail. Nothing much has forwarded yet, but I expect that will start soon. I also went to a grocery store and picked up some much needed items. I got a frozen turkey for 19 cents a pound as well: even though I’ll be at my Aunt’s for Thanksgiving, at that price my own turkey’s a must.

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