Beep! Beep! Time To Hit The Road!

We officially closed on December 6, 2023. You bet your sweet ass, we left here at 4am on December 7th to head that way. The drive is about 9.5 hours, and I wanted to get there during daylight hours. Just in case.

Here's some fun facts. The town we are moving to, population is about 4,000. In the entire county, the population is about 16,000, and it appears to be a decent size county. Here we come, small town! It's perfect. Just what we wanted. Peace and quiet. 

I had already found out about utilities by calling the city. I had the electricity turned on effective December 6th, and the water was due to be turned on December 8th (we wanted to make sure we were there when the water was turned on to ensure that if there were any leaks or faucets on or anything else, we wouldn't arrive to a flooded house). Good call, no thanks to my husband. I am glad he mentioned that because that would have never occurred to me.

So here we are driving to our new house. So many things we discussed on the way. So many thoughts, from both sides. Then a light bulb comes on, and I think, oh shit. What if we have squatters in the house? We dont know how long it has been empty. What if there are rodents or animals in the house? Like a nest? An infestation? What if there are roaches? All the things we wouldn't want. Fuck. What will we do? We will deal with whatever comes our way. I am already ready to book an AirBnb if necessary. But we are prepared to sleep in the house on the air mattress we brought with us.

We are both excited the entire ride, anticipating what we bought. A house somewhere around 1,500 - 1,600 square feet or so, on 10+ acres, with the cutest front porch that's covered, the house has a steel roof (bonus), a garage and some buildings around the property we aren't sure of what they may be. Oh the anticipation. The ride goes quick. It's a sunny day, the dogs are sleeping their day away in the car. Perfect.