I am so fidgety.

Today has been a lot of chaos, a lot of work trying to keep things under control.

And we should, should, should really own the house (like, recorded and all that) in a bit over a half an hour. Scott will go to pick up the key then.

Now comes the fun part: getting everything in. Not just what we own; the place doesn't have a security system and I want to get one set up, that sort of thing.

I'm excited.

And fidgety.

And a bit tired, after getting up earlier and rougher than I wanted.

We have a house!

*gleeful* We got the keys, we got in, we have (but haven't tried) the mailbox keys.

The first sets of books are over there, too, along with some throw pillows, a few towels, and some cups. Scott put in Mountain Dew. We know our priorities.

Some mild surprises, some good, two not-so-good, none bad:

1. The two-car garage is only a two-car garage if one of them was a geo. Should've tried to park something in it to find out. The space the furnace and water heater use is enough to make the car not quite clear the door. That's okay, it's barely wide enough for our two small cars side-to-side. So we'll probably just give up. It will make placing the freezer much easier, if it's a one-car garage. Ah, well.

2. We can't figure out how to turn the thermostat up. It has little up and down buttons, but, like, they don't appear to do anything. This one really aggravates me, however, the inspector got it running during our inspection. Just gotta find out how.

3. On the plus side? The rooms measure slightly larger in certain dimensions than I'd thought. It will make fitting the furniture in the computer room much easier.

4. Also on the plus side? Huge closets. Remember my glorying about how many books I put in my trunk? Scott filled his trunk (not as good as mine) with books as well. We took them out and stacked them in the library closet for now till the shelves are there. They occupied perhaps 1/4 the closet space? BIG closet. Standard paperbacks, stacked backs/fronts? Three deep on the shelves, which are 2/3 closet front-to-back.

Very cool storage space.

Very cool house.

Very tired Laura. More packing to do now....

Yay, measurements!

So, the garage was smaller than we'd realized, by just a bit. It's a "two-car" garage but those cars better be on awfully friendly terms, I'm afraid. Still, we haven't had any garage 'til now, so that's something.

But the rest is good. The furniture fits better than I'd realized, with more space to spare, in every other room. I am muchly pleased with this. There's a little question of whether the TV will fit on the mantel or not (the measurements are a little too close - but the TV is hard to measure - so we'll have to see). Everything else is cooperating quite nicely, including the desk. The desk I was afraid would jut out into the window? Is shy of it by 10 inches. Boy am I lousy at estimating.

In a good way, this time, fortunately. Hee.

Lots lots lots of moving to do now. More books in car trunks, for tomorrow. Need to pack up soft-stuff, haul over as well (excess towels, less-common and/or winter clothes, etc.).

Thursday will be either more books or the start of the craft stuff. Probably craft stuff. I really want to get to where we can easily haul more bookshelves over, and some of the craft stuff is on (or in the way of) the bookshelves.

This is really going smoothly. Also to do tomorrow:

1. Scott will call the locksmith to schedule.
2. I will call the alarm company (after getting their info) to see if they service the area, price, etc., and possibly schedule.
3. I will find (because blast if I'm gonna try tonight) the information on GTC telecom, my favored long distance carrier, to get them to take over the new line as well.
4. I will locate and call a moving company to find out how far in advance they're scheduled up, and when we could aim for. I will do this most nervously, but I think we want the "big stuff" hauled over in two weeks. We should be plenty ready for those items by then, possibly with more little stuff following after, possibly not. I think. I hope. Eeee. Won't commit, yet, just price and get timeframes.