We're pretty much fully settled in the new house now. It's not quite all said and done, there's still a bunch of stuff (mostly junk) scattered around at the old place, including the garage and the shed, and once we've got all that out of the way, there's a lot of cleaning to be done before the realtor will come in to take pictures and put it up on the market. But we've got everything we need.

It was a big pain in the ass. We had just the three of us: my dad, my brother, and myself, and my dad is having back problems so he couldn't do a lot of heavy lifting, which left my brother and I to do a ton of very exhausting work carrying heavy furniture and boxes around. Yesterday and today, we've done most of it. I still have some soreness in my arms, shoulders and legs. We rented a 17 foot U-Haul truck to carry stuff. The thing was alright, but I'm glad I didn't have to drive it. It would lurch forward every time it downshifted, the middle seat was uncomfortable, the passenger seat belt couldn't be adjusted because the button was broken off, so it was stuck at a level too low for me to get it over my shoulder without leaning to the side, but it got the job done. And it had good AC, which we really needed because it's been very hot, there's nothing like 90 degree weather (32 Celsius) for exhausting physical exertion.

Earlier today we got the TV and internet working, so this is my first time posting on here while situated in a room that's my own. This place, despite being relatively new (I think 1987 was the year), has no air conditioning and only baseboard heating. But my dad says he can have central AC installed, we'll just have to fork out a couple thousand dollars for it.

I don't know why, but I'm already becoming sentimental about the old place. I used to tell myself "I hate this house" all the time, and I've posted about that on here more than once. I only even lived there as permanent residence for about 2 years. But it seems that there's some kind of intrinsic value every home has, just in the fact that it's home. I almost feel as though I've been a jerk to someone for a long time and I'm becoming remorseful now that we're going separate ways. It's one of those things that never surfaces until you begin to look back on it as a bygone memory.

Oh, I forgot to mention that we do have a window air conditioner that the previous owner left behind. It's big and effective, but not so well for the whole house. We have two more at the old place that we'll be bringing in, although my dad says we might just bring one of them because we're strapped on places to put it.