moving

this past saturday, my dad and i moved all (most) of my stuff down to the spare room in the basement.  i had been planning on doing this as soon as i moved back from college, but it seemed like there was always something stopping us (business trips for dad, work/church stuff for me, a little bit of laziness for both of us).

originally, i planned on buying all new furniture and making it look like something out of an ikea catalog, but that idea quickly died when i realized 1. new furniture costs money, 2. the nearest ikea is at least an hour away, and 3. i don't know if i'd be comfortable sleeping on something that sounds like it was named by a 3 year old with a speech impediment (vanvik, malm, kviby etc.).  so, my room is currently furnished by a hodge podge of items we've collected over the years (parent's old 1980 style bed/dressers, random bookcases/desks etc).  i never realized it, but my family owns something like 6 mattresses (for 4 people).  i've also realized that we have some ugly sheets/bedding in our house.  i don't know what my mom was thinking when she bought some of these.  i tried looking for a matching set that would go well in a 20 something yr old guy's room, but ultimately had to settle on a funky multi-colored pattern (it was either that or bright yellow).  my bed looks like joseph's coat.  something tells me i need to go shopping soon.  i don't know anything about bedding or sheets, so it should be interesting.

the main reason i wanted to move was because there is a ballin' walk-in closet in the new room.  except, when i put all my clothes in the new closet, they only take up 1/10th of the space. so it looks pretty bare.  i also get a bathroom all to myself, which is nice.  stacey's pretty clean for a girl, but sharing a bathroom still sucks.  i tried taking a shower yesterday but quickly found that the shower head needs to be replaced. there is no steady stream of water.  it's more along the lines of 4 disjointed trickles that start and stop at whim and shoot off at the most inconvenient angles.  i feel like i'm running around just to get wet.  so, i'm also adding a new shower head and clothes to my shopping list. 

but for now, its nice to have my "own" space.  i used to dislike going into the basement because it was always cold/dark/filled with monsters, but now that its mine, it feels more like home.  once i add some personal touches (posters, knick-knacks, my extensive beanie baby collection) it'll be as if i'd lived there all along.