It gave me a lot of time to rummage through the drawers of the new digs and read the warranty and care of various features in the house like the granite counter tops, the bamboo floor, the shower stall. If you walk away from something for a time and then come back to it, you realize you can indeed create a whole new scenario. For instance, I thought the kitchen floor was the same tile as the bathroom floors. No. It's bamboo just like the living and dining rooms. Now, here's the problem. I love wood floors in the kitchen, but the care instructions say, DO NOT USE WATER ON BAMBOO FLOORS! I'm sure no water will get on my bamboo floor in the kitchen. No sand will enter on Ollie's or my paws either.
Today the rain is torrential and the wind is really blowing. I had to venture out to meet a board member so I took that opportunity to go to the hardware store and spend more money that I don't have. I bought those little foot pads to place under furniture. I spent $12 or more on them and it doesn't come close to the amount of floor protectors I need. Then I followed my friend Kathryn's advice and bought the same shelf liner that she buys. Actually, I bet I didn't buy the same shelf liner she buys. One was more supple and more expensive. I bought the hard but still very costly ribbed shelf liner. I will let Kathryn and Francey line the shelves and drawers.
It's sweet to know that so many folks are going to show up to help on Tuesday. It really warms my heart and will warm my home. And it's supposed to be a cool, sunny day, perfect for moving. I'll figure out food and beverages for the crowd and light a fire in the fireplace as it grows dark. I hope to god it doesn't burn the house down. A lot of soot is falling out of that flue.
Today I've been trying to tie up the bits and pieces. I don't know why I think I have a lot of time. I have no time. I'm in the corner cupboard with the spices. This is a difficult and treacherous area of the house and split up. I have big jars of spices but not the mechanism to split them up. But what is more expensive: spices or furniture? So I'm not going to drive myself nuts over this. Every step of this packing, right down to now, is debilitating. I'm going through the motions but my entire being is feeling "no, no, no." I can't wait until Wed. (provided I close on Tues.). I want to wake up and not have the sad, emotional surroundings staring me in the face. I want to wake up in a yellow! bedroom and smile and say, "This is the beginning of my new life."
Another weird thing is that once I move in I will only be able to spend 14 days in my new house in October because of travel. And that doesn't even count the time away while I'm at work. There's not a lot of time to bond. And I must admit, I'm a bit apprehensive of having a puppy and floors that can't deal with moisture and brand new wall to wall carpeting. I'm hoping Ollie is as pliable and perfect as Maude and Harpo. They just snuggled into bed and were perfect little beings--except for a couple of shoe incidents with Maude. From what I see in the videos posted of him, he is a rough and tumble boy. He might be plump though that's impossible to tell with puppies. Maybe I should have named him Stan. Ollie might have been funny, but he was a brute.
I think it must have rained 6 inches today.
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