Get this: we take possession of our new house in 8, yes that's 8!!!, days. Holy moly!!! Jay and I are busy getting final details wrapped up, but the pace of things has slowed dramatically in the last couple of weeks. We have our homeowner orientation Thursday morning; it's part orientation to all of the house's features and part us looking for anything that needs to be fixed. Next Wednesday we settle! Next Thursday we've scheduled a ton of vendors to come to the house - service installations as well as delivery of goods (washer/dryer, king bed, and installation of garage door openers). It's also the day that the movers will transport Jay's tvs from their storage place at a friend's house in Ashburn out to Falls Church. It's going to be CRAZY at the house that day. Friday we'll move in with my parents' help; they're both making the drive down on Thursday and after the physical move we're putting them to work. We are so inexperienced in the whole homeowner arena, and they're pretty much perfect at home maintenance, so why not take advantage?

 

I can't even express how excited Jay and I are. We were able to go see the house with the sales manager on Saturday - it was the first time we'd seen the floors uncovered, and it's really gorgeous. We are SO pysched to live there, and our minds are going a mile a minute making plans and dreaming. Just a little over a week to go. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!