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Settling In, Finally

 It’s now April 2nd and I’ve mostly settled in.  The drive turned out to be mostly anti-climatic. Without having the trailer, we loaded the car to the gills with moving boxes with the cat squeezed up behind the driver/passenger seats. Kate came with me to help with the moving. Steve arranged to get us accommodations from Fri-Mon so we had good sleeping arrangements pending getting moved in. It turns out that all of the shopping is within a half-mile of the intersection of Wyoming Blvd and 2nd Street.  But over the weekend we made multiple trips back and forth, to wit:

  • Walmart 5 trips
  •  Home Depot 4 trips
  • Sam’s Club 3 trips
  • Staples 2 trips
  • Best Buy 2 trips

1. Rented a bed for a month for $90. as a bridge to when my Sleep Number bed arrives. Currently scheduled to arrive April 20th (just in time for my birthday).

2. Got recliner loveseat to provide seating in the living room. And a 55″ Roku enabled TV.  I didn’t bother to get cable, but am relying on internet connection.

Loveseat powered Recliner

TCL Roku powered TV
3. Speaking of the internet – it has taken me nearly a week to get a stable internet. I’ve been doing WiFi internet for years and thought I understood most of what was going on. I went through the help line (after wading through several levels of phone ‘help’ to get to a representative) for both Spectrum and Netgear. The end result was trying two versions of the WiFi router and 2 editions of the modem and finally got it up Thursday. Thank God for the iPhone connection via the cellular network.
4. Got the cat a scratching post/climbing tree. Also hung up the Kling Family blanket that I got from Jan. At least I’ll have something up on the walls until the next trip back in early May. 
Kling Family 
Poppie’s Clock

5. Kate flew out on Monday after having worked mightily to get me unpacked. She was a tremendous help in making the move easier. More info later. 

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