So we moved in.

Wait.. backing up…

We got done in time. Our drop-dead date for getting moved into the house was Oct, 1. Anything after that and there would have been a most-unhappy second month of paying both mortgage AND rent.

The final 2 weeks were utter craziness. I was going to the house at 730am, working on it until 9, going to work, going back to the house after work, and more often than not, working until after midnight. Ceiling drywall is a bitch even with the lift and took us far longer than expected. Then the taping went slowly. The trimming was a lot more work than we had ever imagined. The painting took for ever. The day that we had 4 extra people to paint, we coulnd’t paint. My camera broke. The cable guy put his foot through the hallway ceiling (3 days before move-in) and I nearly had to dispose of a body. On Friday the 29th, the night before the move, Herr Carpenter and I went to Home depot at 9PM to get tack strips, carpet padding and a kicker. We learned as we went… managing to get done with 1 bedroom and the living room before 1am. In the morning i managed to get the office done just before the first load of stuff came from heidi’s apartment. It was madness i tell you.

Things have calmed a bit since then. The mad rush has subsided. Heidi had been diligently emptying boxes and getting the kitchen functional. I’ve been finishing up the wiring and the other bedroom and getting the livingroom (read: TV, DVR, etc..) functional.

The place really started to feel like home when i was sitting on the couch, with the tv across the room, talking to a friend of mine. Suddenly it was my space an i had a guest, as opposed to having helpers assist with the project. This was a huge divergence from the feeling i had while carrying boxes in, “why are we bringing boxes in here? this isn’t a place to live.. it’s a thing that we work on.” Suffice to say, the ammended thought came with great releif.

Anyway, the one big thing that was still missing from all of this was the office. It has until very recently been a respository for everything that hasn’t had a place. A large junk heap awaiting dispersal. I’ve had the laptop&wireless to check email with, but every proper geek needs their workstation. I was missing my computing spot. A desk with a chair and a proper keyboard and non-laptop monitors. After deciding that the office is just far too small for even a hacked-up version of the O’Sullivan desk that i picked up at Staples, CousinDave and I constructed my a mighty-fine desk out of wood scraps. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world, but it’s big, functional, and by god it’s mine.