The Zereps

Well.. today we got a lot done on our new place. 10 more boxes of our boxes shipped via Fedex came today. Feels more and more like home the more of our stuff that we get here–and it saves us tons and tons of money from having to buy everything over again. Thanks to Chris, we even got our air conditioner here from CA to NY for 3 bucks!

Secondly, Candice spent a lot of the day putting up contact paper in the kitchen and cleaning various things. I, on the other hand, did my duty as the household electrician and put in completely new light switches and outlets all over the house. Much to my suprise, all but two of the outlets in the house are grounded, even though there are only two wires going into the outlets (I think the holder boxes inside act as the ground.) That made me happy as I was not looking foward to plugging my computer into an ungrounded outlet (even with my new UPS.) Unfortunately for me, one of the two ungrounded outlets is in the office. =( So, I guess I’ll just have to use the other one on the other side of the room. (note: for all you mothers and grandmothers out there who worry about electrical safety and whatnot, you will be glad to learn that, yes, I did completely turn off all the electricity to the whole house while I was working so there was no chance of me killing myself.)

And, the third major event of the day was the arrival of my new Super Microwave:

Unfortunately, the only things we have in the house that are microwavable (and that have bar codes) are two TV dinners. So, I’ll be off to the store tomorrow to buy more microwavable foods.

Also, I have another job interview tomorrow. It’s a temporary, 3-month position with the ability to turn into a full-time one….

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