last night and tonight we have begun cleaning up the new place so that we can really move into it. it sucks that we're not doing anything for halloween but it sure beats living with my mom. i wanted to have my own place again before i hit 30. for the new place, first it's all about cleaning the kitchen and setting up the beds. if you can't eat and sleep in a place, you can't live there. we've also been trying to make a list of things that we need to help settle in. at first, it's just the essentials. for example, we definitely need more lighting in the place and a couch! just little boring things like that. i could get hand-me-downs and thrift shop but i'm tired of living like some kid 'cos i'm going to be 30 this year and i need to have a nice, adult place. i don't mind if it takes time to find all the right things for the place. maybe each month i will only be able to get 1 or 2 items. it's gonna take time to get rid of the excess crap i have and make the house have only a couple of really nice things. you see, i sold a lot of my furniture to be able to afford moving out and traveling. now i think i have to sell a lot of my things in order to buy furniture! hahahahaa