NEW BLOG FEATURE: “CC’S CORNER”!

Being that my girlfriend finally joined me in Nashville last week, I thought it would be informative to hear her side of Project NashVegas!  Therefore I present to you a new and hopefully frequent addition to the blog- “CC’s Corner”;

 CC’s CORNER- “OUT OF THE CAMPER!”

JM decided to add a spot on the blog called “CC’s corner” where I (CC) get to comment a little about this exciting adventure we are on – because really although JM is doing all of the work, I am right there in the dust and drying paint experiencing the other side of flipping a house: living in the house AS it is flipped.  

It actually could not be more fitting of a night to start given tonight is the first night OUT OF THE CAMPER!!!!!!!  To prevent my exuberant excitement from waking most of my loved ones – given they are all on east coast time and an ill timed phone call or text message would awaken most (it’s now 11:05 pm) – I am taking to the blog to cry out my excitement! WE ARE OUT OF THE CAMPER! If I was not freshly showered and lying next to my exhausted but extremely happy dog, I would be running down the streets and shouting for joy!  It is not that the camper is all that bad.  The main issue is not having all of my “stuff” – or even the “stuff” I do have organized in any sort of accessible manner.  Instead, things are cramped in a drawer here or a corner there in the camper. And believe me, there are not many corners in a camper.

JM felt that the floors in the main bedroom were ready – and after putting some toe strips down, we swept the floor, closed the door to keep the other dust in the house out – and headed to our storage locker where we are keeping all of our furniture and things from the move (well, mainly all of MY things from the move) until we have more finished space in the house.  We had decided to pick up the bed, a couch on which I could study, the TV, and some extra things over which I poured over my inventory of boxes cataloged during the move – trying to decide upon “only that which is necessary” that would make the cut and with which I would get to be reunited.  The storage locker is about a 15 minute drive away, but it is climate controlled which is a necessity in the weather here (it’s supposed to 113 F on Thursday… yikes).  While at the storage locker, we heard music coming from one of the lockers all of sudden – which nearly scared me to death – but which JM explained is a result of the storage facility renting out spaces to local bands in which they can practice.  If not a sign of being in Music City – I do not know what is! So we were serenaded as we moved some belongings from the locker.

Once back, we carried in the bed which we immediately assembled – and then found that the couch fit perfectly in a little nook in the room. I unpacked and set things up while JM quickly ran out to get blinds for the room.  The master bedroom faces the street with its main window looking out onto the street.  And while hopefully being in the actual house will help block out the neighborhood cat fights that tend to occur late in the night, driving Bella crazy! – our gorgeous large new windows allow less than desirable exposure into the house when one is trying to get ready for bed.

It was pretty unbelievable – I decided not to let Bella immediately into the room until it was organized and the bed was made and things were somewhat settled, but once I moved her from the camper to the bedroom, she immediately jumped on the bed and closed her eyes to sleep.  I think she immediately recognized that the bed is also HER bed – and probably smelled like the home she has always known – and I just felt her relax in a way she has not seemed to do since we have been down here.  So the pictures of her on the bed really are not staged – they are her in her element and happy.

And I sit here – happy. The room is beautiful, the dust is at bay for now, and my clothes are hanging in a closet or folded in a proper dresser.  I can stop rotating just the handful of t-shirts that I have had to fill the days between laundromat runs. And while I do not doubt we will still use the camper a lot (it is still really our only kitchen, and I may still study at the table in there) – tonight we are technically OUT!