One step at a time, though. After the circus left town (that is, the fumigation tent came off), we started moving carloads of things every time we stopped by the house for some other reason. Usually the reason was that we didn't want to be at the apartment packing...
Somehow we did finish the packing in time for the move last Saturday, though. Mid-packing, the apartment looked something like this:
It was a disaster. Now, the house looks like a disaster! Hooray!
To be honest, it mostly still looks like that. I started a new job this week and we've had service appointments for the gas, internet, and termites to deal with. We're both learning new commutes and trying to figure out how to make dinner with no refrigerator. In general, time to unpack has been hard to come by.
We have managed some small victories, though! The day before we moved in, we realized the kitchen sink was well and truly clogged. Devon tried plunging it with one of the plungers that the house happened to have. No luck. We went to the store and bought a good plunger and a snake, and were thrilled to later return the snake. The good plunger did the trick and we were relieved that we could, you know, use the sink once we moved in.
Another small victory was that we managed to spend zero nights on the air mattress. We had an awesome crew to help us move and it really only took a few hours. After the move, we made setting up the bed a priority so that we would have a comfy place to sleep after a long day.
We did one small project this week amongst the boring errands and such that managed to occupy most nights. As part of the larger bathroom project, I installed a fancy new shower rod. No pictures until I show you the rest of the bathroom, but I do have some gross pictures of the old rod!
As you can see, the curtain rod is attached to the wall with a layer of structural paint and force of habit. It took a surprising amount of effort to get it down! As with lots of projects around here, this one kind of made me feel like an archaeologist. I found all sorts of fun paint colors, including the one the rod was installed on top of:
It's kind of a creepy skin tone. Eww. Those spots are still there, since we're going to tackle all of the bathroom drywall repairs at once. One of these days.
This all brings me roughly to the present. Right now the toilet is possibly broken and the flex hose is definitely leaking. Luckily, there's a new toilet waiting in the garage. More on that exciting topic next time!
Wait, new job? Tell us more about that! :)
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