Getting settled

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Finally, after eleven days, we are totally and completely moved in to our new home! This has been the most difficult move we've ever had, simply because of a snow storm that arrived a few days before we closed on Feb. 1st., causing the roads to our Cabin Above the Clouds to be pretty much useless for Uhauls.
So, we waited until the weather improved (thankfully, we got a week of gorgeous weather), and we rented yet another Uhaul, and got the last of our stuff out of the garage at the apartments.

I tell you what, it really feels differently knowing we're 100% moved in. There was a sense of calm and relief that set in almost instantly.

Now it's time to get the office in order, get the gym in order (lots of catching up to do there), and get our lives back to some sort of semblance to normalcy. Which is one of the reasons I'm writing this post first thing. I told myself that I would be better with my blog, and I plan on doing just that.

Another thing I need to get back to work on is the Serpenteens series. I had been working on the final installment, Battle of the Gods, when we started this whole house thing three and a half months ago. But then I started working a part-time job washing dishes (I still have nightmares)  in order to secure our down payment, and since that was the hardest thing I had ever done, each day I was left feeling like a wet dishrag, with no motivation to move much less write.

But, that job has ended, the house has been purchased, and we are in, so time to get to work!

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