It's Official
It's officially mine; I closed on my house yesterday. As I sit here writing this post, I know I should actually be finishing up the packing for the movers who are expected to come at 8 tomorrow morning. I am actually not looking forward to tomorrow morning all that much, I know I'm supposed to be "excited" about the house. People have been asking me all day why I'm not more excited. And that has been making me wonder what exactly I'm supposed to be doing or saying to show them that I am happy about the house. Am I supposed to be jumping up and down for joy? Is that supposed to be the only thing that I'm capable of talking about right now, because I just can’t contain myself? It is entirely possible that I’m over thinking the entire thing, but when I get asked multiple times in 1 day “why aren’t you more excited?” or “aren’t you excited?” it makes me wonder if maybe I’m missing something.
Sure I’m excited about the house, but I’m a realist (or perhaps a pessimist depending on who you ask) because I see that there are many things I need to do. And these things will have a great impact on my enjoyment of the house and the functionality of it in my day to day life. First and foremost I want to be comfortable and content in my home. I don’t want to be so super excited about it today, and find that I didn’t think of something tomorrow that will create either an inconvenience or a huge let down. I’m sure I could take it if that were to happen. I don’t like disappointment, I know no one does but I just don’t see the need to create the opportunity for it if I can avoid it. I do like my house, I think it is a good fit for me and hopefully it will stay that way for many years in the future. I am comfortable there already, and I’m not even moved in yet. Can a person really realistically ask for much more than that?
But I got off onto a tangent I suppose, and I never addressed why I’m not looking forward to tomorrow morning. The answer is actually very simple, I over booked my morning. I didn’t do it on purpose, but starting very early tomorrow I need to be in multiple places all over St Paul. I have booked Sophie into day care tomorrow so she won’t have to be around for the move and to make things easier on me. Why not let her play with her friends all day, rather than having to deal with the stress of the move. So I have to drop her off around 7, and then I need to run over to the new house and drop off the cable box, modem and TV because I have the cable guy coming which is where I end up double booked. Because the closing got pushed around a couple of times, I had to reschedule the movers a couple of times so when I called this last time and they wanted to do it first thing in the morning tomorrow I just took it. Well I did this before I listened to my message about the cable installer, because they needed to try to squeeze me into the schedule and had to call me back when they figured out if they could do it. Well they could, but only between 8 and 10 tomorrow morning. At this point I wasn’t going to call the movers back yet again, and I certainly wasn’t going to reschedule the cable guy (I don’t want to go without internet for 2 weeks) so I get the pleasure of attempting to be in two places at once tomorrow morning. I know I’m a special girl, but I think this will be a challenge. My hope is that I will be able to just tell the moving guys to put everything on the truck, and then go meet the cable man. Oh! I totally forgot to mention, the reason I even need a cable man is because when the house got remodeled the guys took out all of the cable jacks. There aren’t any in the house at all. And the cable company had originally told me I would be able to just do the install myself because the house was cable ready. I’m very glad I made a point to look to see where they were located on my final walkthrough or I would have been very pissed upon moving in to discover the lack of cable in the house. Most I think the idea of all of that running around tomorrow with the stress of moving just makes me exhausted which is why I’m not 100% excited about tomorrow. I’m happy I’m moving I’ll just be happier when everything is set and done. Less stress.
After my closing yesterday I learned something that I did not know before, it is very hard to get a washer and dryer set that is less than 27inches wide. I managed to do it, and the very nice Lowes man will be coming to deliver them on Saturday morning, while the cleaning lady is there doing her thing. But what I didn’t know before I actually had to go shopping for them is that most washers and dryers are at least 27 1/8 inches going all the way up to 30 inches. So to have managed to get a set at 26 inches is quite a feat. By now I’m sure you’re scratching your head wondering exactly why I needed to be so exact. Well as it turns out the staircase leading down to my basement is unusually narrow, why they made it like this I have no idea. But the opening is exactly 27 inches wide, and while I suppose I could get a Sawzall and make the opening slightly larger I didn’t really want to have to go that route. After all I just got the place, no reason to start tearing it up already. And now I don’t have to, I managed to succeed in my endeavor and found a washer and dryer set that meets my size needs. I find it completely amazing how many options and features these things have now, I mean does anyone really need a setting on a dryer called “more dry”? Usually I find that once something is completely dry, it can’t really get any drier. It can get smaller at that point, but that is not usually the intention. I also find it very interesting that both units come with indicators to let you know just how eco friendly you are being with which ever setting you have chosen. I know it’s all the rage right now to be as eco friendly as you possibly can be, but I guess I don’t like the idea of a machine trying to guilt me into doing it. And really, isn’t that what it is really trying to do?
As I sit here writing this, I know that I should actually be up doing the last minute packing that I’ve been putting off for weeks now. And while I know the movers will be here early in the morning, and it has to get done, I still have little to no motivation to actually do it. I think part of my issue is that I know that in two days I’m just going to have to turn right around and unpack everything. I’ve already decided that whatever dishes need to be washed can simply wait until I get to the new place where I have a dishwasher. Yes part of that is lazy, but I don’t really care. None of the dishes are gross or anything like that, most just from sandwiches the last few days and what not. So into a bag and off to the new dishwasher they go. Actually most of the remaining items will likely find themselves in a bag, be it paper or plastic.
Sure I’m excited about the house, but I’m a realist (or perhaps a pessimist depending on who you ask) because I see that there are many things I need to do. And these things will have a great impact on my enjoyment of the house and the functionality of it in my day to day life. First and foremost I want to be comfortable and content in my home. I don’t want to be so super excited about it today, and find that I didn’t think of something tomorrow that will create either an inconvenience or a huge let down. I’m sure I could take it if that were to happen. I don’t like disappointment, I know no one does but I just don’t see the need to create the opportunity for it if I can avoid it. I do like my house, I think it is a good fit for me and hopefully it will stay that way for many years in the future. I am comfortable there already, and I’m not even moved in yet. Can a person really realistically ask for much more than that?
But I got off onto a tangent I suppose, and I never addressed why I’m not looking forward to tomorrow morning. The answer is actually very simple, I over booked my morning. I didn’t do it on purpose, but starting very early tomorrow I need to be in multiple places all over St Paul. I have booked Sophie into day care tomorrow so she won’t have to be around for the move and to make things easier on me. Why not let her play with her friends all day, rather than having to deal with the stress of the move. So I have to drop her off around 7, and then I need to run over to the new house and drop off the cable box, modem and TV because I have the cable guy coming which is where I end up double booked. Because the closing got pushed around a couple of times, I had to reschedule the movers a couple of times so when I called this last time and they wanted to do it first thing in the morning tomorrow I just took it. Well I did this before I listened to my message about the cable installer, because they needed to try to squeeze me into the schedule and had to call me back when they figured out if they could do it. Well they could, but only between 8 and 10 tomorrow morning. At this point I wasn’t going to call the movers back yet again, and I certainly wasn’t going to reschedule the cable guy (I don’t want to go without internet for 2 weeks) so I get the pleasure of attempting to be in two places at once tomorrow morning. I know I’m a special girl, but I think this will be a challenge. My hope is that I will be able to just tell the moving guys to put everything on the truck, and then go meet the cable man. Oh! I totally forgot to mention, the reason I even need a cable man is because when the house got remodeled the guys took out all of the cable jacks. There aren’t any in the house at all. And the cable company had originally told me I would be able to just do the install myself because the house was cable ready. I’m very glad I made a point to look to see where they were located on my final walkthrough or I would have been very pissed upon moving in to discover the lack of cable in the house. Most I think the idea of all of that running around tomorrow with the stress of moving just makes me exhausted which is why I’m not 100% excited about tomorrow. I’m happy I’m moving I’ll just be happier when everything is set and done. Less stress.
After my closing yesterday I learned something that I did not know before, it is very hard to get a washer and dryer set that is less than 27inches wide. I managed to do it, and the very nice Lowes man will be coming to deliver them on Saturday morning, while the cleaning lady is there doing her thing. But what I didn’t know before I actually had to go shopping for them is that most washers and dryers are at least 27 1/8 inches going all the way up to 30 inches. So to have managed to get a set at 26 inches is quite a feat. By now I’m sure you’re scratching your head wondering exactly why I needed to be so exact. Well as it turns out the staircase leading down to my basement is unusually narrow, why they made it like this I have no idea. But the opening is exactly 27 inches wide, and while I suppose I could get a Sawzall and make the opening slightly larger I didn’t really want to have to go that route. After all I just got the place, no reason to start tearing it up already. And now I don’t have to, I managed to succeed in my endeavor and found a washer and dryer set that meets my size needs. I find it completely amazing how many options and features these things have now, I mean does anyone really need a setting on a dryer called “more dry”? Usually I find that once something is completely dry, it can’t really get any drier. It can get smaller at that point, but that is not usually the intention. I also find it very interesting that both units come with indicators to let you know just how eco friendly you are being with which ever setting you have chosen. I know it’s all the rage right now to be as eco friendly as you possibly can be, but I guess I don’t like the idea of a machine trying to guilt me into doing it. And really, isn’t that what it is really trying to do?
As I sit here writing this, I know that I should actually be up doing the last minute packing that I’ve been putting off for weeks now. And while I know the movers will be here early in the morning, and it has to get done, I still have little to no motivation to actually do it. I think part of my issue is that I know that in two days I’m just going to have to turn right around and unpack everything. I’ve already decided that whatever dishes need to be washed can simply wait until I get to the new place where I have a dishwasher. Yes part of that is lazy, but I don’t really care. None of the dishes are gross or anything like that, most just from sandwiches the last few days and what not. So into a bag and off to the new dishwasher they go. Actually most of the remaining items will likely find themselves in a bag, be it paper or plastic.