Wow. A day off with nothing to do.

Just kidding.

I did get to sleep late, which was an utter relief. The arthritis in my knees and hips has gone nuts since the move, especially due to the damp rainy weather while we were carting everything. I took some arthritis-strength Tylenol and went back to bed for fifteen minutes. Thankfully it was clear today, with a gorgeous winter blue sky, but was very warm, in the 60s. The trees are blooming—lavender and pink blossoms—and there are daffodils in various yards.

I spent the morning straightening things, emptying boxes, and cutting them up. I had forgotten how much fun it was to do housework by music. I was bopping along to the soundtrack to Annie and then Due South (I love "Ride Forever"!). The firelogs are now in a big tin on the hearth; when it gets a bit cooler tomorrow we can have a fire. Another weekend with rain! I found a way to put up some of our music cassettes, too.

This afternoon we sold our old house. The closing was at two. We had all the papers signed in no time and were about to go to lunch and wait for the wire transfers of the money to go through when they called us back—all the transfers had been made. The last time we had a closing, the money had to wait to transfer over the weekend. So we were done before 3:30. Ain't technology wonderful?

We had lunch at Ted's Buffalo Grill. Ironically, James was the one who had the bison burger, which I had been curious about trying. He did give me a bite; it was very flavorful. I had the soup and salad and was surprised to receive a monster bowl of clam chowder; usually you get a cup when you order this combination. The salad was baby greens with diced tomatoes and parmesan croutons.

I had stopped by the old house earlier to see the new sliding glass door—one of the provisions for selling the house was to get the doors fixed; the seal was blown on one panel so that it was opaque and the doors had never opened (or locked) properly—and had forgotten to check the mail. Sure enough, we were still getting mail at the old house although I had taken the change-of-address form to the post office and handed it to the clerk last Wednesday. I got the same clerk and asked her how long it took the transfer to take place; she was mystified why the mail was still going to the old place. She had me fill out another change of address card and said she was going to put it on our carrier's desk. Well, I hope so. If my credit card bill gets lost I'm gonna be upset (I've actually already paid it, but it has my preferred reader coupons in it).

Later this evening went to get James a vinyl rug protector for under his desk chair, then made another trip to Lowe's for more window shades, and finally went somewhere fun: Borders! There are 30 percent off coupons this weekend and I had some rewards coupons, so I got the box set of Reilly: Ace of Spies.

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