The Move

It's the morning after and I'm not quite sure what to think. I'm sitting here in the new house, watching the sunrise, surrounded by nature. It's just so different than any morning I've had for a long time. But, I'm also experiencing exactly why we bought this house.

I suppose I should back up a sec. It's Sunday morning and we spent our first night in the new house last night. Yes, we finally made the move yesterday. And what a full day it was.

It started out with the movers coming around 9am. We hired a company called Localmotion to do the move. They'd been recommended by our realtor and we were only asking them to move the big stuff. They estimated a three hour job (with three guys and one truck) and ended up being almost spot on. I have to say that these guys were great. Not only did they do a good job (no dings or damage), they were personable and funny and polite.

During that time, we started to do our thing. We continued our packing. While at the new house, we started to paint the kitchen and we just continued with all this until the movers were done.
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After some lunch back at the old house… yes, I used that term for the first time yesterday. I had to! Since we're not living there any more, it's now the "old house".

Anyway, after lunch Ann and I came back here to paint, while Jake and Cheryl took on moving. My mom also came over to help paint as well. I've said it before and I'll say it again that my fam has been a huge help with the painting. Lauren was here three days in a row and then again this past Thursday night. My dad came Th and F and did a great job with that hallway. And my mom came and took the task no one wanted, which was painting the music room…and then she stayed while we had dinner and painted the kitchen! Wow, awesome!

While that was happening, I painted the guest bath, repainted the loft ceiling and the front closet…which I didn't even know needed to be painted. Ann and her parents concentrated on moving and setting things up for the kids. I think they got through a full load of the Tahoe Jake rented, which ends up being a pretty big load.

Six o'clock came and we headed out for a dinner. We did D'Amicos and enjoyed our bottomless glasses of wine. It was nice to sit back for a while, but the work also finally caught up with everyone. Afterward, I went back to the old house to finish packing up the kitchen, while the rest came back here to get the kids and themselves to bed.

I have to admit that I didn't just pack the kitchen. I had to rock out a big too. With an empty house, I turned the stereo up a bit while packing and then plugged the guitar in, turned the amp up and jammed for a while. That felt good although I could tell I haven't been playing much as my fingers turned to mush pretty quick. More practice, I guess!

And that leads me back to here. It's the morning after. It's really, really bright in this house w/out shades. But, the kids seem to be surviving without their morning TV. Evan woke up a couple times, but was good after 2am. I think he had the hardest time adjusting. Everything was just too new and he was looking for some comforts after a long busy day.

I think I might head out and go for a run. Got to get some exercise in before getting to work.