Homeowner- Yknow, Me

Sorry for the relative radio silence as of late, but things have been hopping 'round here for the past few days.

Last Wednesday was a BIG day. Not only did it mark one month until my wedding, but Nena and I closed on our first house. It was a bit. . .intense. Closing is crazy, you sit there in this big room and sign shit for 40 minutes. They explain what you're signing as you go and then, after all that they show you the last piece of paper. Then they say,

"This says that if we forgot to have you sign something today, you have to come back and sign it later."

Wow, amazing. After all that signing, you have to sign saying you'll come back just in case they didn't have you sign something. Damn.

After closing we raced over to the new place and walked in. It was ours. . .we were in some serious debt now, but the place was ours. Then, the painters showed up. We were feeling bad because we'd hired someone to paint our ceilings and anything that'd require a ladder (like, yknow. . .our living room with its cathedral ceiling.) But Cody put it to us this way. "You pay someone to change your oil because while you have the skills to do it yourself, it saves you a bunch of time to pay someone else to do it. So you cut that corner." Cody's a wise, wise man.

The next few days are a blur. I moved a bunch of stuff out of storage and into our new garage and I prepped for the BIG painting party planned for Saturday. I do remember going to Ulli's going away party after work on Thursday and spending Friday with Das Nibblet masking the house for painting. Oh, and we accidentally met our neighbors on Friday night. The neighbors on our right (who we actually happen to know) were having folks over, so Nena and I took a break from painting prep to go. While there, we met the neighbors on our left. Yeah, everyone's really nice- we're totally going to like living here.

Saturday was hardcore. A lot of very wonderful friends showed up and helped us paint. With all their help we managed to do ALL the roller work in one day. We would have gotten the detail work done as well, had the AC not died. After looking at the ductwork, Fesser (who'd driven in to help from IL) and I came to the conclusion that the person that designed my house is an idiot- or they'd never designed anything in the midwest.

See- the air return is in the garage. So when it gets really hot (like, yknow, all of July) the return starts developing condensation on the outside. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem because the condensation would just evaporate. Only if you have high humidity (like, yknow, all of July) the condensation doesn't go anywhere and the AC unit just pees itself. Eventually, the water seeps into the house and you have a flood in the kitchen.

Brilliant.

We brainstormed a solution that would get the AC working by Sunday and buy us enough time for someone to come look at the thing Monday. (ie- leave the door to the duct room open all the time) Yknow, right now- Nena and I are really happy we picked up that home warranty. Cuz after our deductible, this is totally covered. Damn.

Sunday, we went back with Fesser to finish up the detail work. That went pretty quickly and this week's task is removing all the carpet and putting in tiles in the bathroom and carpet upstairs. Big fun, yo.

This month is going to kick our ass.