Nerve Endings Firing Away

We moved into our new home which has been under construction for the past three months on May 21st. After some hiccups on part of the builder regarding the status of completion, the day we closed went smoothly. We signed our names on the stack of loan documents at the title company office with our realtor and builder present. We were even gifted a plant by our bank, City Bank, on our successful closing and were handed the keys by the builder. The home inspection on the previous day did not turn up any major issues and the minor ones like, placement of the laundry room door were being fixed as we signed our papers.

Although we weren’t moving our stuff until the next day, we couldn’t resist not spending the night in our new home so we packed a few essentials and comforters and slept over. Lucy was surprised and made it a point to sniff out every corner of the home. She especially fell in love with our artificial river rock bed in the backyard. As with any new place she is in, she seemed a bit tentative but has settled in nicely ever since. Moving Day compared to last time was a breeze as better sense prevailed and we hired professional movers. Considering how inexpensive they were for the task, I wondered why hadn’t we done it before. Two guys brought a long trailer attached to their Ford truck and loaded and unloaded all our stuff in just over three hours. Of course, it helped that we had spent the last few weeks, packing and categorizing all the stuff in boxes.

Compared to some people we know who admit to still having some unpacked boxes, both Ash and I have this uncanny urge to quickly unpack and settle in. Not including several trips to Home Depot, Lowes, Target, and Wal-Mart, we managed to unpack almost all our boxes and put things in their place within a week. And then we got a surprise.

My mom had called me few weeks back saying that she wanted me to pick up some girl who was planning to attend TAMU from the College Station airport. So the day after we move in, my brother skypes me to tell me to go to Houston instead which I hesitate. And then he drops the surprise that it is not anyone else but my mom who is flying down to see our new home and help us settle in. Although it wasn’t the surprise that my parents had planned for, it still was unexpected. She spent a week with us helping us with the little things that do into settling in a new place as well as cooking great home-cooked food that I had missed out on since her last trip during my graduation ceremony. Ash’s parents drove up on Memorial Day weekend and we had our first ever backyard BBQ with kababs and corn.

Overall, the new home experience has been fantastic with little incomplete things being fixed almost immediately by the builder who is only a text message away. We are loving our new neighborhood which has a community pool that we have yet not taken advantage of. We are seeing a lot of pregnant women around (Both of our neighbors on either side are) so we are wondering if there is something in the water :) People are friendly and stop to talk when we take Lucy out for a walk. Slowly but surely, we are settling in while becoming more aware of the responsibilities that come with being homeowners.