I ache all over...

Nick and Michael were a great help with moving this weekend. On Friday, Michael rented a truck and the two of them started to move all my large pieces of furniture. We worked until about 2 am the first night. My bedroom stuff has been moved, but I am sleeping on a mattress on my floor because I need a split queen box spring. The stairs in my house are very narrow and turn 180 degrees, so my box spring won't fit. Mattress Warehouse sells the split queen, but won't have one until Thursday, so I am stuck on the floor until then. My first night in my new house was nice, but I was too tired to really get excited. On Saturday, we started moving the rest of the furniture and this time we were able to get Anne's stuff over as well as the ferrets. We worked until 3 am which was when we all just about dropped from exhaustion. Sunday was a slow day and mostly was spent putting things in their proper place. We still have a lot to do, but the house is starting to take shape.

I have also started to meet my neighbors. Kathleen lives diagonally in front of me. She came over to say hi while I was still in the painting phase. Her father lived next door to me until he passed away and now she is trying to sell his estate. I knew that the house was an estate because I actually had viewed the house when it went on the market right before I made an offer on my house. She was very helpful and gave me the number of her lawn guy so that I could keep my lawn nice while I don't have a mower.

My neighbors across the street are Bryan and Stacy (whose names might not be spelled this way). Bryan came over an introduced himself at about 11:50pm the other night. He also gave me two certificates for free Little Caesar's pizza since he is the regional manager. His wife works at St. Joseph Hospital and they both love to garden.

My neighbor that lives to the opposite side of the house for sale is very strange. I don't think I know her name but she keeps talking to me and watching me. She is an older lady and keeps telling me that Animal Control has been on my property laying traps to take care of a pregnant raccoon. I think she is very glad that the house is no longer empty because it will mean less animals hanging around her property. She also doesn't like us parking close to her driveway and I think she has been watching us move in.

I am glad that my neighbors are friendly, even the weird lady next door.