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The other day when I had a bit of quiet alone time in the house, before everyone came over to help us paint, I had a talk with the it. I said that I knew it had been well taken care of by its previous owner and that we would try to do the same. However, I also let the house know that since this is Andy's and my first time owning a house, we will make sure to fix things, but it may take us awhile to figure out what is wrong. So I asked that the house be paitent with us.

Tonight the great migration into the new house starts and if everything goes to plan, we should be spending our first night in the house on Saturday. It doesn't feel like we own it yet honestly and I keep waiting for something to happen that results in us not actually having the house. I am sure things will feel differently once we actually start spending the majority of our time there. All we have really been doing is moving furniture in and painting so that house doesn't quite feel like home yet. However I can say that I am in love with it. I already feel very safe in the house and am excited to see what it looks like once Andy and I really move in.

Also, I am completely overwhelmed by it. My brain is having a hard time prioritizing between what needs to get done right away and what can be put off for a bit. Do I need to get the doorstops first or paint the doorbell high gloss black? Which is more important? We need a sofa, but we probably need to get a new shower head first because the one we currently have hits Andy about mid-chest. I am also very sad to know that our fence is not dog ready so getting a dog may be a little further in the future than originally planned.

Through everything I am trying to stay positive and keep my stress levels to a minimum. Andy has been absolutely the best person to have through this. He is so calm and level headed that I don't think I could have done this without him. Honestly, he has probably stopped at least 3 Carly panic attacks.