First Week Back

I have been getting to work so much earlier now that Jon is back in school.  I have to find ways to occupy myself.  I am thankful for Internet and music.

Jon is teaching two music theory labs and has to go the class that is associated with it.  He is only doing dissertation hours and piano.  He is finished with all of his coursework.

Jon mentioned a new car search yesterday, so I guess that means I need to get back on it.  It is not the most fun that I have to get up and get to work so very early, but I don't mind doing it for him.  I was hoping we could do the one car thing a little longer.  I think we will have to probably start the car search process again.

Yesterday, Jon cut his thumb with a knife, while I was at work.  I had to tell him how to find the bandages while I was at work.  Luckily, I came across the first aid kit, so I told him to use it.

I have always been very nervous about him and knives, since his hands are very important to his career.  Maybe hand insurance isn't a bad idea.

We are cat-sitting my friend Samantha's cat, Minou.  She is a sweet cat.  My cats are very curious, but we do not let them bother her.  Minou is a senior citizen kitty, so she gets her own room.

I have the weekend off, so I am so happy!  We will probably start "phase two" of thank you note writing.  It will be nice to have that finished.

Merging

Combining two households is never easy. Jon and I have so much stuff between the two of us. Both of us do not like to get rid of things either.

Since I was focusing on wedding planning, I could not help him move. He got rid of many of his big things, and kept some of the small things.

One of the biggest things that we needed was shelf space. When a librarian and a pianist marry, you need lots of shelving. Jon has an extensive collection of music scores and other music related stuff. He is also a big fan of Stephen King and graphic novels, so he needed a place for his books. We also had to have a place for both of our CD and DVD collections.

We still have a lot of work to do! One major tasks is to organize our clothes and closets! It is such a mess right now. I can't find anything.

A word of advice:

If the person you marry has to have cable Internet and you don't already have it, don't have it installed one day before the wedding! Not a good idea!

I had DSL and Jon had cable Internet. He wanted to keep having cable, which was fine with me. It just wasn't the best time to have it set up.

It took us forever to set it up on both of our desktops and then to get the wireless to work for our laptops. Thankfully, that problem has been solved.

We got a more comfortable couch yesterday! It is new to us, and we love it!

The cats are getting used to having their daddy around all the time. I think they like it, because there is someone at home more often.

Jon was also officially put on the lease on Friday, so it is finally our apartment!

We are slowly turing our apartment into our home!