June 29, 2007
First Night
Oh. Hello.
I will name him George and love him and hug him and kiss him and squeeze him and OPEN MY FRONT DOOR WITH HIM OMG!
Long story short, we had a team of people beating down the door of the foot-draggers, and at 4:30 Simon and I got the call that we needed to pick up the key across town in half an hour during Friday rush-hour traffic or be SOL until Monday. Oh, so we're on your schedule now? Is that how it is? *cough*assholes*cough*
Not daring to be my normal stubborn self, I hauled butt to an office where the single key was delivered to me in an envelope by an uninvolved and unemotional secretary and with absolutely no fanfare or confetti or seventy-six-trombone marching band. I called Simon, who was five miles away, and said "woo hoo!" He said "woo hoo!" back. I'd made it with just eight minutes to spare. We met at the house twenty minutes later, where he insisted on carrying me across the threshold--although it was more of an assisted hop across the threshold--and then we took a quick turn about the empty house and pointed out all the things we hadn't noticed before, like the way the whole back half of the structure sags at a dramatic angle. Eek. We scrambled up to the treehouse (tight fit!), rode the zipline into a bush with a drastic trimming in its near future, and marvelled at how much the crookneck squash has grown in the last few weeks--just wait until you see it.
And then Simon went back to his reunion and it was my turn to perform great feats of strength with my puny little girly arms. I boxed like Muhammed Ali! I drove like Tiger! I twirled and sang on my own personal mountaintop like Fraulein Maria! But none of that is why I logged in. I logged in to show you this:
I don't know how you did that, but it's amazing! Also, congrats on getting into your new house!
Posted by: Holly at June 30, 2007 12:52 AMwonderful news! congrats!!!
Posted by: dvl at June 30, 2007 01:03 AMIs that your view from the new house? Love it :) My favourite time of night is dusk when all the houses in the distance are lighting up...but you can see way more houses than we can from our deck. Congrats guys...I can't wait to read all about the house now that you're in it :)
Posted by: Tan at June 30, 2007 01:06 AMWow! And woohoo! And I promise not to use any foul language in this comment whatsoever!
Hope you have a great weekend of settling in...
Posted by: Cath at June 30, 2007 01:14 AMFabulous! Just fabulous. Congrats you two, Enjoy! The fun has only just begun.
Posted by: a girl you know at June 30, 2007 02:51 AMAWESOME!!!!
Posted by: jeorg at June 30, 2007 05:44 AMWoohoo! Congrats!
Posted by: Crystal at June 30, 2007 06:20 AMSkipping around for you! (Not LITERALLY - it's too early)
Wheeeeee!!!!!!!
Posted by: Angella at June 30, 2007 06:41 AMWoohoo!!
Posted by: felicity at June 30, 2007 08:05 AMI'm so happy for you two.
BTW you ALWAYS notice things after the orgasm of buying your house wears off. The inspectors would have noticed anything awful and you have a contract that hopefully laid out that the previous owners would be liable for something foundation wise right, if found within the first 120 days?
It's going to be all good.
Posted by: Michele at June 30, 2007 08:45 AMBee-yoo-ti-ful shot!!! Man I love SF...I totally messed up when I requested the L.A. rather than SF office.
Posted by: monkey at June 30, 2007 09:22 AM1. GORGEOUS picture.
2. I want a monkey key! That is the coolest non-skeleton key I have ever seen.
3. Congrats on getting into your new house!
Posted by: Ky at June 30, 2007 11:17 AMMonKEYS available here!: http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1850
(Or you can buy them for twice as much at Amazon.)
Posted by: Leah at June 30, 2007 11:29 AMWHOHOOO indeed! congrats!!
Posted by: carrster at June 30, 2007 12:51 PMYay!!!!
And your new house comes with your own piece of sky, too. Don't hurt yourself movin'!
Posted by: Texas T-bone at June 30, 2007 07:51 PMCongrats. I felt similarly about my first night with my new iPhone. Life is all sparklies and buyer's remorse, ain't it?
Posted by: Gretyl at July 1, 2007 11:14 AMYay!!! Gorgeous view!!
Posted by: ayankintexas at July 1, 2007 01:10 PMWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWEEE!!!
Posted by: Elizabeth at July 1, 2007 04:15 PMCongrats!!!
Posted by: Mama Urchin at July 3, 2007 04:25 AM
