a few days later

Well, things are finally settling. We are here.......officially unpacked and all but the littlest ticky-tack things to put away and art that needs to be unwrapped and hung. I suspect that will be complete by the end of the week. Honestly, I didn't know if we could do it. Even with all our paring down, we still had a room full of boxes and seemingly nowhere to put them. Thankfully a little creative storage does wonders and you wouldnt know we just crammed 2300 sq feet into 1100. It still feels odd, like we are spending a week in a hotel downtown on holiday. Or, it would if it weren't for all the unpacking and still having to show up at work anyway. I am sure we will get used to it and hopefully start enjoying the benefits of our new locale soon. So far, we are both much more happy with our respective commutes (they are about the same time wise as well, though my commute is now on foot). It is weird to be able to walk to the grocery and we just had a great happy hour with some friends less than a block away at a brew pub. Honestly, that is mind blowingly awesome! Plus, I literally roll out the door and stroll 8 blocks to my job. It is all so strange.

Work continues to be off kilter. They are looking to hire a new temp full time RN (which will be a huge help), but in the meantime it can still be quite tedious (though occasionally you can't help but be astounded by either peoples general lack of even the most rudimentary medical knowledge or the absurdity of the calls......one woman's caregiver called thinking maybe the patient ate her own wristwatch........what do you say to that?). Still tossing around looking for other jobs.....though the commute is finally tempting. So tempting.

Back to it then. This is day 1 of having the internet back after having to eat MAJOR crow with Comcast (who I now loathe after defending them for so long). We had to cancel our service and pay a penalty for doing so even though we only wanted to downgrade our service (and drop the phone). Because of where we live, we can't use satellite and other internet options require contracts (Clear wants 2 years). So, back to Comcast......after paying to cancel our bundle (though in our defense, that cost will be recouped in 3 months at the new service rate) and paying $60 for them to come install at the new place. They get our business by default. Seems like not the best model with which to rest your hat upon.

Time for bed. I hope to catch up on sleep this weekend. It seems like I never get enough and just generally ache all over. I will never move again! (uh, until next year anyway).