[Elspode]

At last, I have five consecutive free days to attempt to get the hell out of my old house completely and into this new one. By Friday night, I could be sleeping in my bed again instead of on a loveseat. I could have my desk and my desktop computer and a chair instead of sitting on the floor, typing on the laptop which is sitting on a box.

Tonight was spent picking up a free portable dishwasher, courtesy of a friend who had been looking to get rid of one. Bonus! This freed up the money to pick up the riding mower I'm getting in the AM. Unexpected expense for today was oldest son's air conditioner failing to keep up with the 102 degree heat in his barn attic loft, and so $350 later, he has one three times the size freshly installed.

Part of what has made this housing transition more difficult is the fact that I have had two households to deal with...Stephen's, and ours. In addition to getting his new AC installed, I also got him onto the wireless broadband connection. Fortunately, that was simple, but he isn't setting any broadband records...11-18 mbps, as opposed to the 54 mbps we're getting here in the main house. Still, it is over 20 times faster than what he had with dialup, and it works quite usably. He's pretty damn happy with it, anyway.

New kitty is settling in with Stephen quite nicely, but two of ours managed to get outside today. One came back, and one has not. We'll see what happens. She's a wild thing, and perhaps she's just getting the lay of the land.

Busy day tomorow, as usual. Nite, all.