The Big Move
The following weekend -- Samhain weekend to many of my friends -- was the fated day for radiantbaby to move into my house. We'd been holding off on that for a while. See, zydee and I bought this house a little over 3 years ago now. When she left -- a bit short of 2 years ago now -- it was with a bit too much haste that I fell into another relationship. As it's happened I got lucky and this relationship with radiantbaby has been absolutely wonderful for me in more ways than I can count. Still, the fact remains that I didn't really take the time to organize my life and my house around not having a SO before going out and getting another. I really wanted to get my house organized and make it "mine" before I invited someone else to live in it.
Unfortunately, it became obvious over time that I was far more interested in socializing and dating than in actually reorganizing my furniture. This left some stuff in some pretty odd arrangements simply because they made sense when there was other furniture in the house.
Anyway, fast-forward a bit. With the house still somewhat in disarray, last weekend radiantbaby and I finally moved her stuff into the house. We had much help from good friends. Many thanks to iamtamtamiam, lectroid, and zudaru. We would have had many more, but since the move landed on Samhain weekend, many of our other friends were either out of town or otherwise very occupied. It was a long day, but a pleasant one, and we all went out for food and conversation a comfortable local Italian place.
We've spend this last week mostly relaxing and recovering, and we are left with a house *full* of boxes. It'll be a long few weeks coming up as we work through them.
But I'm happy. There's something very comforting about curling up with someone you love. It's nice when it's a couple of times a week, but when it's every night it's just sublime. I hope I'm jot jinxing myself by admitting that I honestly don't think this can ever get old.
(LJ Spellchecker Genius of the Day: Samhain -> Samoan)
Unfortunately, it became obvious over time that I was far more interested in socializing and dating than in actually reorganizing my furniture. This left some stuff in some pretty odd arrangements simply because they made sense when there was other furniture in the house.
Anyway, fast-forward a bit. With the house still somewhat in disarray, last weekend radiantbaby and I finally moved her stuff into the house. We had much help from good friends. Many thanks to iamtamtamiam, lectroid, and zudaru. We would have had many more, but since the move landed on Samhain weekend, many of our other friends were either out of town or otherwise very occupied. It was a long day, but a pleasant one, and we all went out for food and conversation a comfortable local Italian place.
We've spend this last week mostly relaxing and recovering, and we are left with a house *full* of boxes. It'll be a long few weeks coming up as we work through them.
But I'm happy. There's something very comforting about curling up with someone you love. It's nice when it's a couple of times a week, but when it's every night it's just sublime. I hope I'm jot jinxing myself by admitting that I honestly don't think this can ever get old.
(LJ Spellchecker Genius of the Day: Samhain -> Samoan)