Well….man, I’m breathing a little easier now…when I went up to the post office to get my change of address form, the car was vibrating like crazy…even when I pushed the clutch in and it felt like a driveshaft or a tire had come apart internally…it got better on the way back but I was still worried about how much I’ve been abusing it this week…and that fact that I have one more run to make on Saturday….I couldn’t stand the uncertainty anymore and remembered that I ran out of allergy meds so I thought I’d take the car up to Meijers just to see if it still had a problem and luckily, the car ran smooth with no problems so that was a relief…I thought I might have to put the summer tires back on for the run out there but…yay! I didn’t…and the car was so damn dirty from all of the travel that I dug up all of my quarters and ran over to the car wash that I can see from here and did a good wash so I’ll have a clean car for a while….it has rusted a bunch this winter but that will give me the chance to test my body work skills later in the summer….so, I’m going to relax tonight and get ready to start moving tomorrow…going to be a long two days….

Well…damn, up at 4:04 today and my butt is dragging…only two more days and this will all be over and I can start to get my life back and maybe sleep with it..at least the blower on the furnace is still working and I think I can relax a little and know that it will keep going….I think my back is getting worse after all the leaning into the furnace yesterday and I’m not sure how it’s going to fare with all of the lifting that is coming Saturday….I am going to miss all of the channels I get on the antenna here but most of them are available on emby and with the monthly 1.6 terabyte cap on my new plan from comcast, I can leave that on most of the day and still never get to my data cap….but, who knows? Maybe it will be better out there…I only get channel 17 of the local channels here so maybe it will be better…at least there are no hills to block any one that I may get….I do have to make a run out to the house this morning to take the last bike and do some more cleaning but I need to be back here by 3 to see Man U play…and the rug deliveries are not happening til after I’m in the house so I don’t have to go out there tomorrow and that will give me time to prep more for the move….more later…

Well…after getting out to the house again today, and getting some cleaning done, the more I like my new house….the living room is much bigger than the one here so I think I may have to buy some more furniture….and I discovered why the fridge is in the dining room…it won’t fit in the kitchen and still be able to open the doors…I still have to see if putting it in the corner at an angle might work but I can live with it where it is for now….since the dining room is bigger than I remember, too…and I just noticed yesterday that all of the doors are new, too, to go along with all of the other new stuff….and the weird thing is that I have the temp set at 66 just like here but it feels warmer there….man, it feels good to hear the blower come on here…I think I’m going to like living there….there is not much grass in the yard but that is my specialty so it will look pretty good by the end of the summer…and I do have a great space for a garden that appears like it is in full sun…I do have a dead tree that needs to come down but I think I’ll hire that out since they will haul it away and get rid of the stump….will probably cost 500 bucks so I wonder if I should just buy a chainsaw and do it myself…or rent one…but it is really close to the power lines and with my luck, I’d take those down with it…we’ll see…

well…man, have had a long hard day today and I am about ready to take a nap after not sleeping well again last night…did the grocery run this morning first thing and then loaded up the car and headed out to the new house to get some cleaning done and I did get the stove and floors cleaned so that was cool…but, I did discover that with this melt, I won’t be able to drive the truck into the back yard to unload it…did that with the Miata this morning and almost buried it in the mud so everything will have to go in the front door or will have to be unloaded there…the sidewalk is clear around the house so I guess some of the stuff can go around there…the worst thing that happened today is when I walked back in here it smelled like an electrical fire and the blower motor on the furnace wasn’t working…so, I called the people who normally service this 70 year old furnace and set up an appointment but I just couldn’t wait for it so I tore into it and found that a wire had broken on the motor and shorted against the frame…so I took the motor out since you can’t get to the wires with it installed, re-stripped the wires and re attached them…and the damn thing took right off and is still working…it was harder than it sounded with having to stick my head into the plenum to get at the damn thing…but, I saved my son a couple of hundred bucks…my back and shoulders are howling in pain, though, and it better get better before Sat…so now I need to relax a while before I get back to move prepping….whew…

Well…damn, I’m exhausted this morning and got up way too early at 5:41….I guess I won’t get any good sleep until I get moved Saturday…I really am feeling my age the past few days and I don’t like it…it feels like I’m wearing out but I still have work to do…need to load the car up after the grocery run and take another bike to the new house and pick up the paperwork for the house that is being sent to me today…I did get the internet thing straightened out…I think…and that takes a load off so I can have a normal night when I get moved and I am going to need it….don’t hurt too much this morning and I should after moving all the heavy snow in front of the garage door yesterday….it sure felt nice to have some warm temps yesterday and it’s almost 40 outside right now and I hope it doesn’t get too warm and melt the back yard at the new house…I need it to stay frozen so I can get the truck into it…going to try to drive the Miata into it today…hope I don’t get it stuck…not much to do today…just the grocery run and then out to the new place to clean some more….more later…

Well…it’s finally over, I own a house! Man, what a relief…went down there today…or I guess it would be up there since it is north of gr and finally got to see the house for the second time….and it is an 80 year old house that has been painted about 20 too many times inside by people who didn’t know about masking tape…so I will be using gallons of strip and acres of sand paper to try to get to the point where I can paint the kitchen and bedrooms…and who paints their bathroom royal blue? I still like the house a lot and I think I got a good deal with how big the yard is…..I did get the garage door shoveled out but will need to have a door company come out since both cables are broken and there is some other damage that I don’t want to fix….so I won’t be parking inside for a few weeks but that is okay…need to be careful with spending for a couple of months until I get my cash built back up since I need to buy a washer next week and that is 500 bucks…and I would guess the door will be 300 or so….and I need a lawn mower in a month or so and that is 400 bucks or so…and the heat registers need to be stripped and painted and there are a lot of them but that shouldn’t cost much and I’ll probably paint them black…all in all, I can’t wait to move in and stop the stress from the anticipation of the move….I do need to have everyone help me move the fridge out of the dining room and back into the kitchen but it’s pretty light so three of us should be able to do that sat….one more step to go…

Well…another 3:41 morning this morning and I think they are going to keep up until I get the move done and get my internet up and running at the new house…today is closing day and I need to be out at the title company by 9 for that and then straight out to the house to get the keys from my brother….and then start cleaning the place up and getting the snow removed from the garage door and checking out if the opener works…they haven’t been able to find the remote for the door so it looks like I’ll have to buy one….need to see if the door will open with the broken cable and if not, I’ll have to see if I can fix it…..already have the car packed with buckets, mops and cleaning products and need to put the carrier on for the first bike that I’m taking out today…I did get the leak in the toilet valve fixed here and that is a relief….didn’t want to leave that for my son to fix after he gets here in 3 weeks….I still have more staging to do here to make sure I don’t forget anything that is too big to fit in the Miata but that won’t be until I spend a few hours out at the house…it looks like a run a day until Saturday and I really hope it doesn’t thaw too much this week so I can still get the truck in the back yard….I wonder if the alley is paved or not…will probably get pretty muddy in the spring if it isn’t but the water should run down the hill to the street….more later….

Well….ick…up at 4:18 this morning and couldn’t shut my brain off to get back to sleep so this is going to be a long day…not too sore this morning even with moving a lot of stuff into the living room yesterday and getting it ready to move….and, for the first time in my life I feel like I’m losing my capacity to do the physical labor of moving…I guess I just feel old and the stress from getting all of this stuff done is wearing on me a lot…and this next week is going to be a sprint until I get moved Sat….I need to get out to get the down payment check from the bank this morning but I need to shovel the driveway first since it snowed last night…and then I need to pack the car since I am going straight out to the house after I close at 9 tomorrow morning….then lots of cleaning and moving for the rest of the week…and I need to shovel out the area in front of the garage at the new house so I can get my car in it if the door will work with the broken cable…..don’t want to leave it on the street and the bumps are too bad to get it in the back yard…..but right now I need more coffee and to wait for it to get light so I can shovel….and this time it’s warm enough that this is going to be pretty heavy snow so it may take quite a while so I don’t hurt myself and I can’t move….more later…