Exhausted

Well, we're all moved out of our house. We finished Sunday afternoon. By the end of the day, we were both exhausted. I made a final trip over to pick up a couple of gas cans and to try to find Sierra, who escaped from the house. She toyed with me, sitting on the front porch until I got close enough to pick her up, whereby she ran off into the woods. I want her to come with us, but I'm not going to chase her throughout kingdom come. If she wants to stay, she can stay.

Anyway, the moving van was filled to the brim, especially the last quarter, where we stuffed in desks, the lawn tractor, miscellany from the shed and garage, the snowblower, tools, Halloween crap, and other sundry items. It will shift, no doubt about it, so opening it will be a slow and deliberate act. But that's four to six weeks away. I drove to the house to look for the cat this morning, and on the way out, I saw the tractor coming down our road to pick up the trailer.

Today, the buyers will do a walk-through. We got the washer and dryer out, so they should be happy with that. There is a largish pile of garbage in the garage, but garbage day is not until tomorrow, so they will have to live with that. We have a dozen half-used cans of paint and stain that I just don't know what to do with. Can't use them, cant throw them away, can't dump them in the sink ... we'll see. If they don't say anything about them, they can have them. I'll put the garbage out tonight and retrieve the empties later, and that will be it.

Enough about the old house, I'm so done with that. The new house is a hub of activity. One day last week, Karen drove by and counted 11 cars, trucks, and vans at the site. I drove by this morning and there were at least six, though the only one labeled was the plumber's. I did see a carpenter working in the eaves and several people inside. When we went on Friday, a good share of the insulation was done. We went again on Saturday, while taking a break from packing, and saw that at some point that morning, they had moved in the drywall - hundreds of sheets of all sizes, though mostly large ones - 12, 14, and 16 footers. They had put it all over, first and second floor. That is great news and means we are right on schedule.

With daylight savings done with, it will be dark after work, so I think I am going to change my picture taking schedule from after work to lunchtime. That is a bit harder, so I'll have to see how it works out. I may not get to it every day.