Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Moving Day

For the last two years I've been hoping to move.

I knew it was a bad sign when we were buying the house we're in now, because I was already having buyer's remorse when we were in escrow. I couldn't back out of the deal, because I had written a big earnest money check and I didn't really hate the place. I probably should have gone with my gut feeling, but we closed and only a few months after moving in, I was already ready to move out.

The house itself is great, but the location was not my favorite and in 2 years, I think we've really only used the downstairs for a handful of parties and some video gaming. It's too much house for us, in the wrong place. Moving was always something I hoped to do and last year we started seriously looking for not just our next home, but one we could stay in for a long time.

Well, we finally found the place and now we're packing. I spent all weekend working on the Star Wars Room (discussed in my Star Wars Blog) and pressure washing both the driveway, the backyard walkway and patio. That's all I've done so far and we're moving in 2 weeks.

I still have to pack the entire downstairs, my office, plus the rest of our mutual stuff. Between then and now we also have to clean, paint, sell excess stuff and get our current house ready for a sale. I don't think I'm going to have a lot of time to do this stuff, but I'll make time somehow.

Just wanted to document this time, because I'm feeling overly stressed and I'm going to love to look back on this entry 3 months from now when everything is hopefully going much better.

Monday, March 06, 2006

One of those lists

Saw this in my friend Jason's blog and decided to do one too.

TEN BANDS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN LIVE (in no order)
10. Pearl Jam
09. Presidents of the USA
08. Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
09. Super Deluxe
07. Weezer
06. No Doubt
05. Blink 182
04. Beastie Boys
03. Madonna
02. Mad Season
01. Weird Al Yankovic

NINE THINGS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO (in no order)
09. Moving to a new house
08. Dinner with Heather tonight
07. Comic-Con
06. Having a completed Star Wars room
05. Burnout Revenge on the Xbox 360 tomorrow
04. Owning a Viper someday
03. CDJ 800s
02. My next trip to Vegas
01. Our Honeymoon

EIGHT THINGS THAT YOU WEAR/CARRY DAILY (in no order)
08. Cell Phone
07. Wallet
06. Car Keys
05. Xbox 360 Memory Unit with my profile
04. Tennis shoes
03. Braces
02. T-shirt
01. Memory Stick


SEVEN THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU (in no order)
07. Slow computers
06. People who don't pay their share at a group dinner
05. Dishonesty, disrespect.
04. All forms of Traffic, including Slow drivers, SUVs, Cell phone moms, etc.
03. People who embody the things I hate about corporate life.
02. Insincerity
01. Kids on Xbox Live

SIX THINGS THAT YOU TOUCH EVERYDAY (in no order)
06. Heather
05. A computer
04. The remote
03. My cell phone
02. Money or a credit card
01. The lives of everyone I interact with. :-)

FIVE MOVIES THAT YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER (in no order)
05. Clerks or any of the View Askewniverse films
04. The Empire Strikes Back or any Star Wars movie
03. UHF
02. Swingers
01. The Breakfast Club

FOUR PEOPLE WHO YOU'D WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH (in no order)
04. My Dad
03. My sisters and nephews
02. My friends
01. Heather

THREE CDs THAT YOU LISTENED TO LAST
03. Offspring, Americana
02. Weezer, Make Believe
01. Weird AL Yankovic, Running with Scissors

TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS EVER
02. Albuquerque - Weird Al Yankovic
01. Famous - Super Deluxe

ONE PERSON THAT YOU WOULD SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH
01. Heather