So insidious. Yuck. And yeah, I’m not as shocked as I should be.

JZ is off at the garden apartment in our new place with a just-out-of-the-box Shark vacuum cleaner and a rented Rug Doctor, and Matilda is off to GG Park for a friend's birthday.

Emmett and his girlfriend, Kalena, will be moving into the garden apartment come May 1st and I'm excited to have them living in San Francisco. A dream for both of them that never seemed likely.

Once we move into the new house, they will slide over into our old apartment. (And then the garden apartment will be open to guests, and used as a separate social/work space within the house.)

We met with our tenants and a window specialist yesterday, and we're fixing all the beautiful curved turret windows which have dry rot. An expected cost when we bought the place, but we're getting to it quicker than we expected. Should be all done before we move in.

The contractor said, "It's expensive now but this work should last the rest of your life." And I'm good with that. Next stop: new gutters.

ION, Matilda got the hoped for/expected job offer to repeat as a summer camp counselor with Parks and Rec. That's great news and that locks her into activity and money from June to mid-August.

She's had money all school year from what she earned last summer.

I can't over how fast this house happened for you guys, David! It's so exciting.

I can't over how fast this house happened for you guys, David! It's so exciting.

We saw it on a Tuesday and we were in contract by Saturday! I actually like that we're not moving in until June. It's giving me time to adapt, and we can do some repairs and interior design and shopping. We've had money squirreled away for when we got here and now it's like, "Okay, I guess we're buying a couch now."

Timelies all!

It snowed this morning. That's just the cherry on top of the crap sundae that is today. Woke up a bunch of times this morning and of course my brain wouldn't quiet down. Then Mr. S was up and active before 6:30.

Tomorrow I have to go into the lab in the morning after losing an hour of sleep. sigh...

looks for online link to reserve garden apartment

I can't wait to see you moved in, and how wonderful for Emmett and Kalena too!

Visited the marina today. OMG, they have everything. Dog park is right next to where we will park. Pool, spa, exercise room, computer room where internet is best with printers and such, tennis, racquetball, car wash, nice restaurant and bar. You name it. The few people we saw on the docks were all friendly, including a guy nearly as tall as DH who immediately invited him to come on board and see the headroom on his boat. I am so ready for marina life. They even had a cat strolling the docs. The young woman in the office was super friendly. Ahhhh

That's a lot of ugh, Sheryl.

I'm not looking forward to time change. I suck at acclimating.

I am so ready for marina life.

That all sounds perfect for you both! I like good news. It's been in short supply.

our new place

DavidS, I learned just this morning that my cousin is in contract to buy a house not too far away. He hopes to close mid-April.

I looked at the Google Street view and the Zillow listing, and the difference is stark. I'm thinking this was a gut-and-replace. [link]

I don't think the place has the views you do, nor the rooftop space.

DavidS, I learned just this morning that my cousin is in contract to buy a house not too far away. He hopes to close mid-April.

Yep! About a half mile away.