One thing after another

We've finally made our long-awaited, much-discussed move: to a townhouse on the Oakland/Emeryville border. It's a very nice unit, with all sorts of features that we've never had before, and the neighborhood has, so far, not caused any problems. That's the funny thing about a place like Oakland. We're in between San Pablo Avenue and Market Street, and although they're only a few blocks apart, they're worlds away from each other.

Still, the process of moving has so many details! And so much goes wrong! And every victory seems to come with another setback. In the setbacks column: our hot water has gone out, twice; ants, a lot of them; complications with the internet hook-up; plus we had to spend a day and a half cleaning our old apartment just to get it presentable enough to get the security deposit back. And each of those setbacks has delayed our ability to get unpacked and moved in to this new apartment.

But finally, one week in, I am sitting at a desk in the spare bedroom/my office. And we have the DSL and the wi-fit set up, and I am finally able to once again telecommute (or blog, as the case may be). So maybe I'm gonna make it after all.