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I always anticipate the work of the move (ie: packing, loading, unloading, unpacking) but I never seem to remember the work after the move.

Electric turned on             Check

Water/Sewer on                 Check

Gas on                                     Check

Trash service started        Check

Internet set up                    Waiting for better service provider in my area — should be in about 2 weeks

USPS address change         Check

Driver’s license address change     Check

IRS address change             Check

Voter registration address change   Check

Vehicle registration address change    Form printed

Banking and insurance address change  Check

Notifying friends and family of address change     Waiting to set party date

After all of that there is the house to do list:

Arrange furniture              Check

Find clothes to wear for the week     Check

unpack                         Work in progress

Get windows covered     Work in progress — I did get a temp shade up on the big window by the front door — the only uncovered window that made feel exposed to the world.

Decide on paint colors          Putting off until much later

Program thermostat          check

Mow yard so neighbors don’t think badly about me before meeting me    Check

It is a lot of work this moving thing.  And most of it is mental energy trying to make sure all the bases are covered.  Forgetting to get a utility turned on or getting address changes done could be a bad thing down the road.

But I am loving every minute of it because it is my house and not another apartment somewhere.  My favorite thing so far was mowing my own lawn last night.  Wow, what a sense of accomplishment and ownership.  I even met my neighbor Fred while doing it.  I now know Fred, the older guy next door and Joseph the young boy across the street.  And after putting a temp shade up on the big window by the front door I slept through the night for the first time since moving in.  I don’t know if the week of work caught up to me or if my subconscious finally relaxed so I didn’t wake up a thousand times during the night.

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