I had to stop at the new house Friday to let the gas company in to turn on the gas and light the pilot light in the furnace. While I was there I took some pictures with my cellphone (hence the bad quality). I want to go down again soon and take some better pictures and also take measurements to figure out furniture placement.
So here's the grand tour :P
The garage is huge! The day I took these pictures, I turned my car around *inside* the garage so I didn't have to back out into the alley :P
This is the backyard as seen from the garage and the back of the house.
There is a small man-made pond and waterfall off to the side of the house. The previous owners couldn't take the fish with them, so they left them for us. There are a few goldfish, including the huge one seen above, plus two others. Not sure what kind they are.
Kitchen.
Screened-in patio/porch. Sunroom.
This room will start out as Mom's office, but she and her BF are thinking about turning it into a bar.
Dinning room. The door on the right leads to the downstairs bathroom. Inside and to the left of that doorway is another small room that has the washer, dryer, and basement entrance.
Living room.
Master bedroom.
This will probably be my room.
Eventually we'll use this room as a guest room, but for now it'll probably be storage.
1 of two huge closets.
The bathtub in the upstairs bathroom has jacuzzi jets! :D
Stanley Steamer came Saturday and cleaned the carpets and tiled floors. Gas, water, and electricity have all been turned on.
I'll take a load of boxes with me tonight when I go back down to the college for my Tech Drawing class (ugh). I'll probably take some more down each day this week. Friday is the official moving day.
My lender says we cannot close on Monday. They say they need more information before I can close. Im not sure it is going to happen at all - sorry.
What the fuck?!
This is the second time the lender has asked for more information! Mom's BF used to be a real estate lawyer and said last week he wants to give them a piece of his mind, but mom won't let him. I think she should! I just messaged her back and said she's come too far just to quit now.
Today I had orientation at my college from 1-3 but I didn't get out of there until a quarter to 4.
I got there around 12:30 and planned on going to the bookstore to pick up my books which had already been ordered. I saw people going into the auditorium already so I just went there instead. They had a small band from Pittsburgh entertaining us before the program started. I'm sorry I didn't bring earplugs...
Speakers included the college president, a lady from Student Services, another lady from ACE which is tutoring and whatnot, and a really funny guy at the end. He called up a male and female from several different categories (new college students, parents, people with blue eyes, athletes, etc) to show us how diverse the school is. Speaking of diversity, I've check twice and they do not have a LGBT club/organization.
Next we were split into groups according to our program of study. There are two architecture groups: Drafting and Design and Mechanical Engineering. Me and 5 other people are majoring in Drafting and Design. We met in our main classroom with the department head who also teaches two of our classes - Architectural Graphics and Intro to Architecture (which is a history class).
He went through a lengthy Power Point about the different projects we'll be working on throughout the semester. It seems really interesting. We'll also be working with the guy who founded what is now a major architectural firm in the city my school is in. The guy turns 90 tomorrow O_O Random Fact - He flew p-51 Mustangs over Germany in WWII.
After he was done talking we headed over to the cafeteria building where they had information set up about clubs and sports. Nothing I'm really interested in. Their clubs sound kinda boring actually lol. All students got a free lanyard and student planner. It's the same kind of student planner I had at my old school and they are really handy!
After getting that stuff I went over to the bookstore where I had to get a ticket and wait in line for 20 minutes. Luckily there is a lounge right there with comfy couches, armchairs, a fireplace with a TV hanging above it. When I was finally able to go into the bookstore I just gave one of the girls my receipt and she went and got my books. They are heavy (and expensive)!
I still had to get my parking permit, but I wasn't going to lug those heavy books plus a bunch of papers around so I walked all the way back to the car to drop them off. All the way back over at the "Student Success Center" I had to get a card and put down info about my car and pay $30 and they gave me a pretty yellow parking permit :P
After that I was done so I came home :)
It takes me about 45 minutes both ways. I can't wait until Mom gets the house so I won't have to drive as far in the winter or when I just don't feel like coming back here lol. I haven't timed it but I think it only takes 10 minutes to get from the new house to the college.
Mom formally takes possession of the house on Sept. 15th (a Wednesday), then her BF is paying for cleaners to come the following day or two. So we'll have that weekend to get moved in. I'm getting a new bedroom suit (double bed, dresser, nightstand) so I won't have to use my crappy old stuff and I won't have to move anything out of Dad's house except for clothes and all that stuff.
John Williams' work on the original Star Wars movies are some of his best, in my opinion. Here is the main part of "The Battle of Hoth - Part 1" featured in The Empire Strikes Back. This action piece is one of the most fast-paced I've ever heard. It's really good :)
John Williams Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back "The Battle of Hoth - Part 1" excerpt (full version here)
A little while ago I told you that Mom is looking for a house closer to her job. If she finds one it'll also be closer to the college I'll be going to in the fall. In that post, I said that living closer to the school is the only advantage to moving back with her.
Well...
I was sitting outside this evening thinking about things, and I've decided what I'll do: If she finds a place (she's going to look at one later this week), I will move back in with her.
Why?
It'll be a new environment
It'll be closer to any new friends I'll make at college
It won't be a problem coming back here on the weekends or something
It will help get me off the rollercoaster ride I've been stuck on for 2 or 3 years (I've lost track)
Before I get to the main point of this post, here is an Alex update:
Remember I said he was coughing a lot last week? Well, I got to drive him to school on Wednesday and he said the doctor said it'll go away soon. Yesterday he came over while I was sitting outside and said that he has a rib out of place and it hurts when he breathes deeply.
:S
Ok, now onto the reason for this post:
Mom is currently looking for a house to buy near where she works. It'll be a half hour from where I live now, and also a half hour from the school I'll be going to next year. If she gets a place, it'll cut the travel time to my future school in half (it's an hour away from here).
That's the only advantage of living with her again.
