Living Things Are Good

I was in Walmart the other day, with the intention of JUST getting keys made to our new home. I wonder if I should say MY new home yet? When does that transition officially happen? Anyway, I wound up with a 64oz container of handsoap (you can never have too much), four small pots of yellow mums, one hanging Pothos and a small pothos with a climbing vine, a pretty blue flowerpot, amazing microfiber car washing towels, a belated birthday card, hair detangler and a diet coke.

A house is just not a home unless there's something living in it. So it's good that I got some plants, I suppose. I'm still not yet sure if I'm actually living, here.

Did I ever tell you about the story of how I started writing S.O. rather than "__________"? (S.O. as in Significant Other). He found my blog by accident one day after I'd been posting for about a month and while we were upstairs in our bedroom, he casually said "I'm not sure why you're doing this, although I'm sure you think it's cute, or cool--but from now on, please keep my name out of your fucking blog." That may not be exactly right, but it's a close paraphrase.

Here's to you, S.O. I kind of like the generic moniker anyway.

By the way, I never did sell the fridge or the furniture. I may actually like working from home a couple days a week. Decorating the house will probably help me to feel like I have something to hold onto that is "me"--or I can at least make it appear that way.

Heaven...I'm in Heaven

With the unpacking firmly underway, it's been a week and a half since I've had any substantial time to myself, for myself. A's first day of preschool was today. After a short foray into the wilds of the Walmart Supercenter, I immediately came back home, fired up the coffee pot and rescued a lone biscotti from the bottom of my purse. How sweet it is. Got to call about getting reimbursed for damaged items, take comforters to be washed, research for A's new doctor...call the U. and fax them my documents for payroll, keep unpacking, get the last load of books ready for transport to my office, oh yea, and uhm, get ready to teach class next week. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it was only a matter of time before I found something to completely stress me out...But for now, I will try to salvage this moment of solitude and enjoy some more blog surfing...