Q: After one has finished putting away the perishable food in the refrigerator and freezer, what is the first thing one does in one's new house, if one is Jed?<\/p>\n
A: Sets up Internet access. Obviously. I mean, what other options are there?<\/p>\n
This evening, I came and picked up the keys to the new house, then Kam and I went to the old condo and got a couple carloads of stuff from the garage, mostly stuff I wouldn't want movers to move. (Fragile, important, unboxed, etc.)<\/p>\n
Brought it to new place; stacked it in master bedroom for lack of better place to put it all; moved bed into master bedroom; went downtown (so close by!) for dinner. Then back to Kam's, where I gathered up about two-thirds of the stuff I had there and brought it over to the new place, arriving around midnight.<\/p>\n
Put food away, then found the cable that the previous owner left for me, attached my cable modem, attached my Time Capsule, and voila! Internet access!<\/p>\n
I am pleased.<\/p>\n
There's a fair bit to do here. I want to have the place cleaned, and make a list of the (few) little things that need fixing, and move the furniture out of the guest room and place it in appropriate places around the house. And then I need to move my remaining hundred or so boxes, plus half a dozen bookcases, from the old condo, which probably means hiring movers again. (Any recommendations for Bay Area movers?)<\/p>\n
And the niceness of the new place is making me want to get nicer stuff to go with it, especially a dining-room table. And I should probably put a carpet or two on the living room floor.<\/p>\n
So it'll be a while before everything about the place is as entirely ideal as I want it to be. But even so, I'm really pleased to be here.<\/p>\n