Thursday I went down to the title company, signed a phonebook’s worth of papers and bought my new house. It has been a long road and it’s not quite done yet what with the impending move and then sale of the old house but it feels good to be done and I like the new place.
I have a list of things for plumbers, electricians and roofers to quote me on. Nothing is actually broken but it’s stuff that I want to be done to make the house safer or less likely to have problems in the future. I have also done my first chores and home improvement. I replaced the A/C filters with newer, better ones. I have also repaired the 2nd floor bathroom’s pocket door latch and latch plate. The door would barely close and wouldn’t latch at all owing to the previous hardware having been installed incorrectly. There’s a little sanding and painting to be done still but the new hardware is in place and it works properly.
The new place is a little larger than the old one in terms of square feet but it has a second floor lofted office and living space open to the first floor living / dining / kitchen. There are two bedrooms and a laundry and bath on the second floor. The master bed and bath are on the third floor, as is a roof top deck that looks out over Shoal Creek and into the west hills.
I’m going to Dallas for Thanksgiving and to see Dad so moving will have to wait until after that. I’ve taken the bicycle to the house though so I can ride it around in town instead of driving which is one of the key reasons to move to town. In fact, I’m sitting in Houndstooth writing this right now, having ridden the whole seven blocks to here.
Yesterday we learned that Dad’s transplant has gone well. His white count is already recovering and they’re planning to discharge him from the hospital Monday morning which is a full day a head of the original schedule. This is great news. My plan is to drive up there either late Monday or early Tuesday depending on how things go with the gas service turn-on Monday.
