EVENTUALLY THIS WILL SAVE ME MONEY. I THINK.

Day One: Moving $150 plus
Day Two: Too tired to cook or buy groceries, eat breakfast at Golden Nugget $20. Dinner at LaRosa's (free but sucked). Get to watch tv thanks to loaner converter box from Ray.
Day Three : No phone or internet. Came home from work, slept 12 hours. Free.
Day Four: Distracted from unpacking by neighborhood shooting fracas, eat at Wendy's ($12 plus preventing Chad from appearing on local news "I told my girlfriend, Baby, I think there's been a HOMICIDE"; could not prevent him from chatting up the neighbors "We passed the dude when we were coming home, he looked STRAIGHT at me and gave a little nod" which resulted in invitations from Linda, the nosy neighbor to A) play cards and B) go to church. No phone or internet.
Day Five: Discovered cord on back of dryer is bad. Estimate to replace cord and get longer dryer hose $50.
Discovered window in bedroom leaks and sill is warped, rotting. Discovered another leak between front door and storm door. Estimate to repair and seal roof $50, $75, $100, who knows? No phone or internet.
Day Six: Have phone, have internet! During a middle of the night bathroom run, find a CAMEL CRICKET on my bathroom floor. Since I had not seen one since I left Georgia and the nightmares finally ended, this caused paralysis followed by terror. Instruct Chad to get up and kill it. Am informed this is a wolf spider. Shake my head no, no, no while doing my best imitation of the terrified girl, soon to be next victim of crazed serial killer in scary movies, huddled in the corner. Watch while Chad uses a HUGE wad of toilet paper (NO NO NO) to kill a monster. Hear snippets through the roaring in my ears: "That's no spider" "What the HELL is that?" "Look at the legs on that thing" "Damn that thing moves FAST" and finally "Sorry babe, it went under the washer"; whereupon he goes back to bed and falls asleep(?!!?!!). me, not so much.
Day Seven: Declare a day of peace and quiet. Refuse to think about unpacked boxes, unworkable dryer, leaky things, monsters and anything else but some King of Queens and sleep.

Days one through seven: no microwave. logically i know there was life before microwaves but frankly, i'm lost. perhaps i can find one tomorrow during garage sale weekend.

I didn't get to paint before moving in because we went through one can of Kilz in the bedroom and still have a wall and a half to go. So painting will have to wait for awhile i guess.

my new address is 2933 Edgemoor Ln, Dayton 45439. despite the past week, i'm still happy to be sitting here in my HOME.