and we're moved! we sign the keys over from our aparment this afternoon and then we are officially LIVING IN A HOUSE. holy moley. it kind of hit me last night after we got the cats there. they really adjusted quickly. of course, the car ride over was fun. it's a good thing we didn't move too far or i'm not sure aiko would've made it there alive. i had both the cats in the car by myself. they both don't fit in the carrier, so kiley had the privilege of being the caged kitty, and we put aiko on top of her carrier, free to roam the car... i was under the impression that he would be too freaked out to roam, and would instead sit there quietly like a good boy... which he almost never is. boy was i wrong. two seconds into the car ride, aiko thought he'd make a run for it and jump out the front windshield. too bad for him there was a big sheet of glass there. for those of you who know my car, you know the dash below the window is a very narrow space, and you also know how big my kitty is. he barely fit and started sliding down the side by the glove box. while driving (in the snow, with no defrost i might add) i had to hold him down while i drove to the house. needless to say, it was a very fun ride.
when we did finally get to the house, the kitties headed straight for the basement. good thing too, since that's where we put their litter box. task #1 complete. kiley proceeded to walk around the basement in circles and mewed the entire time. it was a good thirty minutes of meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. nonstop repetitive chatter. i wonder what she was saying. when they finally got the courage to come upstairs, they explored every room and after about an hour they were finally all settled in and laying in the middle of the hallway under your feet like usual. i was very pleased, as i was a bit worried that because of all the chaos they would be too freaked out to function.
speaking of chaos... it sure would be nice to see the floor of our living room. since we had to move in so quickly and some of the rooms aren't quite finished yet - we had to pile everything into the living room in hopes of sorting it out later. i think the biggest part will be bryan putting his desk up in the office. once that's taken care of the boxes should dwindle down quickly.
we were able to unpack most of the kitchen. i LOVE our cabinets. we really have a lot more room than we had at the apartment, which i was worried about, and the new stove and microwave look beautiful too. i can't wait to have everyone up for the 4th of july to celebrate.
i do have more pictures we took this weekend, but since we don't have internet at the house yet, i'll have to wait to upload them when i have access to my laptop and a fast signal. there are still pictures (some of which have been updated since the first batch i posted) at lduffield.shutterfly.com (the password is still abcdefg).
another super exciting bit of news - my sister in law is having a baby! HOORAY! bryan is excited to be an uncle and i'm excited to be an aunt of a little baby again. i've been an aunt for 19 years already and i know how fun it is to spoil someone rotten and then return them to their parents. i think bryan will be a really good uncle and rebecca and peter are going to be awesome parents. i'm so flippin' excited!!
well, i think i should probably get back to work. i AM on the companies dime and all... i can't wait until we get internet run to our house. these past couple of days being cut off from everything has been nice, but i'm no fool and i know what a technology-crazed person i am. it will be good to get back into the groove of things.
adios!
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