Slowly sinking in...

It's amazing how quickly the apartment has ceased to be anything other than storage for my furniture. It wasn't so much like this when I was leaving College Station, but I guess that's also because I was leaving behind a great roommate and the "guys across the fence". In any case, it is increasingly relieving that I am about to be permanently severed from construction sounds, people who make noises above or below me, and jerkass people in the same building that leave their alarm clocks on when they aren't home.

I've got this meticulously planned list of activities for the next week. Of course, they start out very precise and then get more vague as the week goes on, but essentially I have an exact order to how I move in to my house. Perhaps I'm being a little too overzealous? Or it's just another one of those issues I have that I need to work on.

In the three days that I've owned my house, I've accomplished only a few minor things - I completely changed the locks and I mended the fence gate. Today's plan involves Lysol-ing the kitchen cabinets and pantry so that I can put down shelf-paper tomorrow on my night off. Happily I have two nights off in a row (even if they aren't a full weekend), so I can get my bedroom painted and my bathroom cleaned and ready for move-in. 3/4 of my current apartment is bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, after all.

Maybe I'll try to sleep occasionally.

I feel like there is so much going on and so much that has to get done in the next month that I'm going to either wear or stress myself out soon. I also really wish I had someone running around with me to play with the house every day. It's a great feeling of accomplishment when I get something handy done (like how I feel more secure in the house after having replaced the old shaky doorknobs and deadbolts by myself), but it's coming at the expense of sleep and sanity. [That, and work has been beyond dead these past few weeks, to the point that, aside from the usual morning rush, I wonder if there are any sick children here at all.]