Tomorrow

If all goes well I'll be a homeowner by this time tomorrow. Insurance purchasing has been our last holdup until this afternoon, KT found a different company than the one that wanted us to track down documentation for a $291 claim that the current owner made two years ago. Apparently that was enough to hold up a house purchase. No thanks, someone else can have our money.

After all tha tis done tomorrow I'll begin the long process of creating a list of repairs and changes. Hopefully I'll start knocking things off of this list this weekend. First thing, nursery.

Christmas Eve

I was reading Ray's blog and he was talking about going to see The Life Aquatic. I'd like to see that too, I've thought that since Rushmore Bill Murray reminds me of my Dad. I though tthat way espescially after seeing Lfe in Translation, particularly when Dad was working in Japan. I wondered at the kind of solitude that he had to take, at odds with my opposite situation now.

Last Christmas my sister stayed with us in Flagstaff. This year though we find ourselves staying in KC, and I definately miss my family now. Dad will be out here in March though, and Mom and Alex in July. It feels like a long time... But, I have my family here too, and tomorrow will be another Christmas morning. I appreciate every Christmas morning that I spend with my wife, and all of the mornings yet to come.

Waiting

The powers that be here just told everyone that they could leave for the holiday. I'm stuck waiting a bit for the Dell people that never showed up to fix that silly PC yesterday. I'm not particularly happy with them right now. On the bright side I just tested out video chat from my office successfully and spent a fair amount of time talking to my folks. That was pretty nice and improved my outlook for the day.

Not much going on otherwise. A quiet day at the office thus far. Some Christmas dinner plans coming up, including a Chef Bob prepared big ass Ham. Ham is great. I love Ham. I like it so much it gets proper noun treatment.

Right now it's 17 degrees outside. It was somwhere around five degrees this morning, and my face is still red and windburned from the walk into work. I was told it didn't get too cold here or snow much before I moved here. It has become apparent that those were lies. I need to find the box with my earmuffs and scarves before my ears fall off.

New phones

I ordered new phones and service from Cingular. I got KT a Motorola V220 and a V180 for myself. After some poking around I discovered that these phones work great with iSync and address book on my Powerbook. The Dell guy still hasn't shown up to fix the steaming pile, so these experiments are happy fun time filling adventures.

Anyone know if there is a comparable free package on Windows that does the same thing? It's awfully nice to have things just work. Time to see if the Axim follows suit.

Edit: The answer is no, the Axim does not follow suit. And I ain't buying the Missing Sync either.

Toys

So I have this cool new Axim... I don't know how to use it! Can someone tell me what's out there for apps and stuff? Does Pocket PC 2003 use anything like graffiti? Tapping on the mini keyboard is super lame.

My new Dell PC blew up yesterday. A stinky burning mess. I brought the Powerbook to work to use in the meantime. Can't install any new ppc apps in the meantime though. Eating chedder goldfish, time to get back to work.

Impatient

Yesterday I faintly heard the baby's heartbeat with a stethescope. It seems so small and far away, but it was there. Then last night the baby started kicking, KT felt it first and then I put my hand on her belly and felt it too! Baby kept KT up for a while, I was too tired to really enjoy it since it was about 12:30 or so and I needed to get some sleep. So if the baby is a boy, his name will be Nicholas Timothy, if baby is a girl, then Madeline Rose. In the meantime the baby's name will be madolas.

House closing has moved again to next Thursday the 30th. I guess closer is better, I have New Years eve off, I can theoretically spend it breaking things in the new house. I'm getting fat and lazy, I'm looking forward to getting physical.

Some people at work came through and got me a Dell Axim X50. Lots of bells and whistles like bluetooth, wifi, big ol' screen. It's fun. Wireless internet in the palm of my hand is awesome, if not hard to read. Still waiting for my tablet though. Really looking forward to that, I'm ready to change the way I look at and use computers.

Quiet Time

Sitting here, alone for the first time since I moved to Kansas City in September, I realize that I don't feel any different than when the rest are around. Apparently I've become good enough at isolating my mind from this environment that it no longer matters. Or maybe the presence of private time hasn't sunk in yet. It will be over soon, but even now I feel a tenuous peace on needles. I'm not comfortable. Haven't been since I got here. Ignoring it is no problem, but I've never liked watching things go by without having my hands in the mix.

We're right of the verge of really beginning. New house, baby will be here soon, my new job... I'm afraid if I start paying attention now I won't like what I see. Maybe it just a fear of what I can't yet see.

Home Buying

Yesterday I finished building a railing around the deck of the house that we theoretically will own on the 31st. Silly stuff, having to work on a house that isn't yet ours, but it's cheaper than paying someone else to do it. The situation is strange, as we qualify for a grant for this house that has some pretty stringent requirements. It's worth enough money to be worthwhile, but has also extended our closing time by about a month. We have it pretty good right now living with the in-laws, but I know I'd rather be living under my own roof again. Only two more weeks to go. I hope. We thought we were going to be closing today until just a few days ago. House buying is hard.

First Post

I thought it was time to detail life as I'm in transition. House closing should be on the 17th. I'm getting ready to actually start living in Kansas City.

Anyway, my name is Mike, I recently moved with my pregnant wife Katie from Flagstaff, AZ to Kansas City, Kansas. I plan on talking about pregnancy, house buying and future fatherhood as well as countless other subjects in the times to come. That's it! Thanks for looking.