Move #1 Complete

I'm writing this post from my new home, the Adventure House (AH).  Otherwise known as, temporary apartment living.  This temporary apartment living is really a very interesting thing.  It's like living in a hotel, except not.  But I'm getting ahead of myself....

The 3 movers showed up a little before 9am this morning.  They brought 2 trucks and they were super nice.  They loaded our stuff from the house into these wooden boxes that were in the trucks and then they will move the wooden boxes into their storage facility.  Darrel, AJ, and Tom were professional, polite, efficient, conscientious, and just seemed like all around nice guys.  Exactly who you would want to be in charge of all your worldly possessions.

So they packed the truck until about 3:30pm and then they drove away and Mr. Molly and I just looked at each other like "what now?"  So we finished packing our cars with stuff for the AH and we drove over here.  They handed us the keys and we walked into our new house (for the next 6 weeks).

There are pros and cons of temporary living at AH. 

Pros:

• No responsibilities.  (except keeping kids alive - that one never goes away)  No bills, small place so no cleaning, no lawn to take care of, no one cares if you mess stuff up, it's an apartment.
• All you have to move is your clothes and toiletries (and the kids toys - those things never go away either)  The AH has everything you could need including sheets, towels, a billion pillows, flat screen TVs, wireless Internet, plates, cutlery, an ironing board (ha, like I need that!), and even hangers in the closets.  It is basically a hotel.
• It is basically a hotel.  They even put little tiny shampoo and conditioner in the showers.  Like one tiny shampoo would tame Molly's hair for 6 weeks.  But it's a nice gesture.  There were 2 rolls of toilet paper in each bathroom. 
• Pool.  About 20 steps away from our front door is a pool.  Enough said.
• Fitness center.  About 15 steps away from our front door is a gym.  Enough said.
• Spacious. For an apartment.  It's 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.  There is plenty of space for the 4 of us for 6 weeks. 
• Satellite TV including THE GAME SHOW NETWORK.  My absolute favorite channel.
• It has a very nice shower in the master bath.

Cons:

• It's not the dream house.
• No DVR
• It's not the dream house.
• Small master closet.
• It's not the dream house.
• One sink in the master bath.
• It's not the dream house.
• Feel like we are in a fishbowl.  The actual location of the unit is right in the front of the complex so literally every person who comes in drives by our kitchenette window.  It's also across the street from the pool so every person who goes there can see straight in our kitchen with the blinds open. 
• It's not the dream house.
• Busy street so kids can't ride bikes.
• It's not the dream house.
• Have to park outside.

45 DAYS TILL WE MOVE FOR THE LAST TIME.

P.S. Tomorrow we met Jack and Jill at the old house at 7pm to "hand over the keys." 
P.P.S.  Only 3.5 work days this week and then 3.5 days off again.  So that's good.
P.P.P.S. Our loan was approved and Dream House appraised for $10k more than the selling price.  So that's good.