New Life:

I feel like a bit of a crack whore surfing around from my new office. It’s good to be plugged back into the mains. My life has been a sea of stuff of late – we were mostly unpacked by Monday night before Christmas, but then we had to wash and dust everything and we both got sick from all the in and out in cold weather. Then there were the late items to bring over, like the washer/dryer and the fish tanks. My nephews helped me with those. It seemed for awhile like every time I went over there was still another van load to go.

I’ve been going over everyday to clean. When M.B. moved out she left a trail of books and other sundries which I’ve organized and left by the front door. It seems she’s abandoned them then I will donate them to Good Will on Thursday if they are still unclaimed by then.

Politic: At a certain point one is just too old to have roommates. You become too set in your own ways. I could list one hundred petty things that were driving me crazy by the end of our little tenure together and I am sure she could do the same. She certainly didn’t sign on for the third roommate as Jes essentially moved in there soon after we started seeing each other. Anyway, we had a good run over these last few years and I think both of our new living arrangements will suit us far better. I am very much enjoying a smoke free house.

In terms of shedding skin, I’ve made as many trips to Good Will as I have to the new apartment. We have a table in the basement that is covered in stuff that I don’t need. Some of it is overlap as our mutual kitchens merge, but most of it is just crap.

It’s a little hard to justify much blog time right now as there is so much that needs doing. We are off to shop for discounted house wares – we each have grandmother chairs and we are trying to get matching chair covers from Kohls.

We are cat sitting for a friend and actually have the cat here with us until Wednesday. The cat is a little afraid of Bastian, but they both manage to sleep with us and are generally tolerating each other well. Jes and I are thinking about getting a kitten to replace M.B.’s cat Bozo – a hard thing to do as Bozo is a great cat. Bastain has raised several kittens in his life, so I think kitten is the way to go even if it is a little hard on the furniture. We’ve started to look but it will be a process until the right match shows up.

That’s enough rambling for now – there is work to be done.