Recap: New Home

This is the last recap of the last week of 2012.  The day after Christmas required major hustlin'.  It is difficult to get back in the groove so quickly after eating a delicious meal and relaxing with family.  Nonetheless, Dec 26 was Go Time.  We headed back up to the condo to collect the last of our items .. lucky for us (not) it was a raining/sleeting mess.  And, we definitely underestimated the number of items and time required to pack those remaining items.

We cut it close, as in we had an hour to go by the bank to get the down payment check and head out to Fairfax to our closings.  We made it though right at 3PM for the closing on the condo.  I was kinda worried about leaving Grouper in the car for 2 hours while we closed on both properties - it was cold outside!  But, I reminded myself that 1) he has fur and 2) he lovessss being outside in the freezing cold.  So we completed condo closing at 3 PM and house closing at 4 PM and were out the door and headed to our new home by 5 PM! 

I must say, it was definitley like Christmas all over again when we walked into our new home.  Pretty cool.  Grouper was quite confused though.  We left him outside in his brand new fenced backyard while we unloaded some essentials for the evening.  I wish I took a picture of his face - his expression had confusion written all over it - as in 'Why are you guys not coming outside with me too.'  We have never had a fenced yard and always had to accompany him during his outings.  Plus all the new smells... sensory overload.  But, he has adjusted quite well.

We celebrated that evening with beer and dinner out at our new local tavern.