Monday, March 30: Went to the storage space and loaded up the car. I was able to get Mr. Karen’s desk chair in there (he’s been using a broken one that no longer adjusts in height) and still get the space filled by unpacking one of the boxes and putting the individual items in the small spaces left between the bigger ones, thus the wooden bowl with a candle in it shoved between two boxes under a trash bag full of miscellaneous stuff. Also made one last visit to my Idaho dentist.

 
Tuesday, March 31: Drove back to the new house (one day it’ll feel like home). Stopped at the lookout spot on the other side of the freeway from where I stopped on the way out. Had to take a detour around the spot where the freeway is still closed after a rock slide several weeks ago, which meant I got to see some new places not too far from the new house.

 
Wednesday, April 1: Another milestone: got our bed in the primary bedroom setup since I found the missing pieces that weren’t in the moving pod and brought them back from Idaho (along with the linens, which also didn’t make it into the moving pod). Someday we’ll buy bedside tables now that we have room for them.

 
Thursday, April 2: Our second trash and recycling pickup went much better than the first one two weeks ago. This time the toters were fully empty and left next to the side of the road just where we set them out (instead of upside down in the ditch). We got two bonus snails, too (one pictured below, the other was inside but crawled most of the way up by the time I came back with a stick to be able to reach them).

 
Friday, April 3: Went to a thrift store that specializes in craft supplies and also has clothing. I bought a space patterned dress for $3 but held off on the craft supplies as I have plenty stored in Idaho.

 
Saturday, April 4: I am still fascinated by the sunsets from the deck.

 
Sunday, April 5: Went to Kathy’s for Easter dinner. She made baskets for everyone which was so nice of her.

 

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