12.28.04
10:15 p.m.
I should be going to bed!
Well, we did it, we found a house and put money down on it yesterday. It's a rental, but it's a pretty nice one. 2400 sq ft. That's 2.5 times the square footage we have now. I'll post some pictures when photo boy takes some after we move in. The house is going to swallow our stuff. Right now we're pretty cramped in the office. There's not a lot of room to breathe in here, especially with the ig living in here. We still have to keep the door shut because he goes after the cat. Photo boy and i are going to work on designing and building a cage for the ig.
We're moving in a little less than three weeks. Target date, Jan. 15th. That's fast. We have to pack this place up, get the utilities transferred, get gas switched on, find an affordable wireless pc card for puter, and a wireless network link box thingy. (Moving into new realms of technology!) We have to rent a moving truck, find friends to help us move, and move into the new place. It's got a two car garage, and a nice back yard where we can plant herbs and stuff. There's a fireplace, and light. We still have a view of the Peak, through the breakfast nook window. And there's this really cool, old tree out front. And no citrus trees on the property. There's some next door, but not in my face. That'll help the allergies a bit. I'm pretty excited, and quite nervous. It'll all work out, i'm sure, but it is a big step, going in the right direction, but still one huge commitment.
It was hard after the last people told us we couldn't move into their house. Something about not liking the amount of pets we had. We had to break photo boy's bubble by telling him we didn't get the house. So i called him only after Master wrote the check for half the deposit on this house. Then we took him over today to show him the big house. He's pretty excited about becoming an active member of a household. It will be a new experience for him. It will be a new experience for us to have another person living with us. I've lived with a variety of people, so i'm not terribly concerned about compatibility issues. I'm only concerned with getting the rent paid, and making a nice home for us to live in.
So i'm not sure how much writing i'll get done over the next couple weeks with the packing and the moving. I'll try to keep updated, but between work, and being a slave boy, i'll be pretty busy.
Then there's the entire factor of updating the website for 2005. Is that really this coming saturday? Hard to believe. It's going to be a year of changes. I can already feel it coming!
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12.23.04
We went to look at the inside of the house on Monday. Tuesday, Master got an email. The owner did not like the amount of pets we have. We don't get to rent the really nice house. I'm obsessing on what the real reason might be, however, that's not important. So it's back to focusing on life, and this place, and trying to get this apartment organized and clean.
It was really hard to let the other boy down like that. We had to tell him. He had his heart set on being able to move in with us, and out of his situation. I feel bad for having built up his hopes and then dashing them. Especially with everything else he's been through. Hopefully this just means a better house will come to us sometime soon. And one that will fit another boy!
I was off work yesterday. Got that tummy achy almost flu thing. I left work early on Tuesday, and spent all day yesterday on the couch. The good thing is that i got to catch up on shows that i had taped through the season, but hadn't watched. Got through Joan of Arcadia, and half of Star Trek: Enterprise. I still have Andromeda to watch, although i've almost given up on it. And there's some Fox Sunday Nights left for me to watch. I have given up on Malcolm In the Middle. I really like the show, but i think i've moved beyond it.
i'm not doing as much television as i used to. It's mainly because it's the holiday season. I don't like all the commercial crap, and if it's not taped, i can't fast forward through the annoying "ho-ho Merry X-mas" jingles. What annoys me the most is the message that if you don't buy all these presents for your family and loved ones, you won't receive any love. EEGADS! Who came up with that concept. So typically, this time of year, i ignore the tube, and focus on other things. Usually Master is watching some sort of movie when i get home on the weekends. So i nap on the floor, and then we either go out to shop, or i make dinner, or come in here and get on the puter. When She's ready to watch a movie or a taped show, she lets me know. That way i get to avoid the commercialism that bombards this time of year. And the t.v. doesn't get an object thrown into it.
I'm not sure if i'm ready for the new year to roll around, just another week and a half, then it's 2005. This was a long year, and i should be ready for it to be over, but it seems like we need more time. It's a perceptual thing anyway, and time is just a construct used by humans to structure their lives. So, when December 31st rolls around, i'll be watching the ball drop, and millions of people celebrating another year gone, and a new one coming into being. Here we go again...!
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