jack is the walrus

contrary to recent blog comments, i'm not dead. i'm just not finished unpacking yet. my last post apparently didn't pull or even tug at many heartstrings. lol.

i love our new house. it's just a lot bigger than our old house. and there's a lot more to do. and a lot more to fix. we've already repaired the garbage disposal, replaced the washing machine hookups and retiled my wife's leaky shower, and we don't even have blinds up yet (although i'm getting kind of used to prancing around naked in the house for all the neighborhood to see) or furniture for our formal living room.

don't get me wrong. i don't mean to complain. there's a lot of great things about our new house. the ping-pong room is a big improvement. it's much better lit and it's even carpeted. i'm 5-0 against my wife on our new turf. can you say domination?

the move went well, all in all, except for one horrible, disastrous moment. my brother borrowed a friend's pickup truck so that we could take my mom's spare table and chair over to the new house. everything was going according to plan, we had the furniture with room to spare, and i suggested that we stop by sears and grab the grill that my wife had bought me for my 300th birthday. i hadn't seen it yet, but it was a thing of beauty -four burners, stainless steel, it even had a griddle so i could make mcgriddles. anyway, it was all put together and my brother and i loaded it into the pickup truck and wedged it (upright) between the table and chair. it was only five minutes to my house, and we made it four and a half minutes with no problem. on the turn into my new neighborhood, prairie dogs, however, we went a little too fast and the grill flew out, end over end, and crashed into the street and split in half. no more steakburgers.

i do want to end this post on a better note because i've been in generally good spirits. my wife will say that i still worry about gutters, and she's probably right, but still my basketball team, the mighty cobra kai, finally won a game! after reeling off 11 straight losses, we hung on to beat a very good buffalo team by three points. i, of course, was only there in spirit, since i was in the middle of moving, but a win is a win, and i'll take it anyway i can get it.