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82 … ac uenti uelut agmine facto

So this weekend we finished our move-out from the apartment. It took nearly 7 hours to finish everything up; multiple carloads, unloading and repacking boxes/crates, whatever. It was a real pain ultimately; my spouse said afterwards, “We’re hiring movers next time we do this.” I’m inclined to concur with that as I was absolutely wiped out that evening and the next day. I was supposed to play D&D on Sunday but I’m really kinda glad we had to reschedule to next Sunday. Worked out OK for me.

domus nova means “new house” in Latin. And that’s really what this is about. My spouse and I started looking for houses in the start of August, were referred to excellent realtors by dear friends of ours, and started the process by meeting with said realtors. Then we started looking at listings online and trying to find something we would like. We told our realtors our general parameters and so they tailored listings to those, and sent them to us daily. thus the process started in early August, and we spoke with a lender about securing financing. My parents have said for years that they want to help us get into a house, so they planned on helping us with a down payment. and believe me, we wouldn’t get into a house without their help, not in a very very long time.

hi everyone. it’s been awhile and I’m sorry I haven’t written. I’ve been rather oblique about this elsewhere, but we closed on a house at the end of September, and we’ve been working on moving ever since. My mom came out for a few days to help out, which was immensely helpful, but also really good to see her. I’d like to write at greater length about this when the dust settles a little more, so to speak, though.

As the title says, felicissimum aequinoctium auctumnale, friends! That means, in Latin, “a very happy autumnal equinox!” I’ve been thinking of this post for awhile now and happy to share it with you all, fully-formed, like Athene from Zeus’ head, from my brain and hands via the keyboard to y’all. I really enjoy the season of autumn, and I’m excited to see falling leaves and changing colors across the landscape. It’s second only to my love for winter; summer is dead last of the four, and spring is just behind autumn.

It’s the end of another long week, somehow. I feel like I was on the hamster wheel this week, sorta, and getting lots done but at the same time there is a backlog of stuff to do. I guess the work never ends and that’s OK. Every day is a little different, with something interesting just around the corner. I have a lot of Latin to work on this weekend, but not quite as much as last weekend, so that’s good. I’ll try to knock it out tomorrow morning and then we’ll do something fun. And I’m doing D&D on Sunday, so that’ll be great!

I’ve had an image stuck in my head lately. A little background: years ago, I thought up a calmative, soothing image that I could focus on in my head, either when I was trying to relax or trying to go to sleep. It involved a glassy plain (parts of this were inspired by the depths of the Lunar Subterranean in FFIV), yawning wide beneath a starry night sky, with dark mountains nearby, and nothing else around. So this image is kinda like that, but it’s from real life, and a memory.