New Job, New Vision.

I started my new job this week. I am  now working out of a pathology lab based in the KC area. Tissue samples are brought in from surrounding hospitals and placed onto blocks', which the techs can then make slides out of to view under a microscope. Blocks are created when the biopsies are encased in paraffin wax and attached to a plastic backing with a numerical label. I came up with a quick MSPaint image to illustrate what I'm talking about - I didn't want you looking through image searches trying to figure out what I meant. That can be traumatizing. 

Settling In.

Sunday. A trio of college-aged guys successfully moved our things from the moving truck into the house. So far there have only been a few scratches, one chipped plate, and about half a Costco-sized SoftSoap container's worth of soap pooling on the hardwood floor. Luckily the box it exploded in had some textbooks that H was not particularly tied to, and it was a fairly easy cleanup once we spotted it. How that lid came off I will never understand.

Monday. After attempting to dry a load of laundry unsuccessfully and having all of the exhaust and condensation leak into the surrounding wall, I spent the better part of the day between Lowes and Home Depot cherry picking usable parts and installing what ended up being an acceptable Frankenstein of rigid and flexible metal tubing. I also picked up a few groceries and drove around a little to get a feel for the nearby highways.

New House

Well, it's official. H and I have ourselves a new house. It's even better than I remembered - I can say that because apparently I did not thoroughly check out the kitchen when I first met our house (how did I not check all the cupboards?) and therefore missed the incredible built-in, giant lazy susan sitting in the lower corner cabinet. I have no idea what should go there, but I am thrilled at the possibilities. 

We will have enough rooms for H to have an office, me to have an artsy-fartsy crafts room, and one bedroom for guests to stay when they come visit us. Not that we're expecting everyone to visit, but now we have that room available. 

The basement is squarely unfinished. When we were initially looking, we weren't interested in an unfinished house. Why are we paying all this money to have one room unusable? But this unfinished basement gives us the opportunity to cut it up anyway we want to. Ultimate toys room for our hypothetical children? Incredible movie theater-like room for date night in? Exercise room for January of every following year? For now it's going to be a catch-all for the Storage boxes multiplying in the garage of the old house. But mark my words, something will be done with that space. 

The fireplace is an electric gas contraption that does not take wood. By that I mean there's a piece of glass separating the living room and the gas logs. This was one thing I did not particularly like, but I suppose I can find a way to live with it. Maybe it will be safer for the hypothetical childrens?

The deck and backyard are the icing on the proverbially house cake. There are five or six beautiful old trees lining the back of the yard, and the shade they'll provide in the summer will be magical. Thankfully there is already a fence put in , so there aren't any major updates to make outside. 

I still can't believe that this house is ours. It's all too perfect. All I can think about is filling it with all of our furniture and just living in it.  I can't wait to finally be home.