A new place to live

The condo closed on Thursday without a hitch. Apparently paying cash is the easy way to buy a house. I have been busy moving boxes over and unpacking as I go. The big move is December 10. After that I will be sleeping in the new place. I do this with mixed emotions. Part of me wants to stay in the home Kevin and I made together. It offers a level of comfort. I know the bones of this place, and it knows me as well. I am starting to paint on Monday at the condo. We shall see how this works out. How bad can it be it is only paint, right? The start of a new home is scary! Will the neighbors like me will I be asked on the board of directors, will my next door neighbor be the next Jack the Ripper? So many wonderful possibilities. I also had my 4 upper front teeth capped the day of closing. With just the temporaries I am paranoid that I will loose one and have to wait for it to reappear! I am suppose to get the permanents on the 29Th. Christmas is so close. Why is it that I move in December?
Kevin and I moved into the house on December 17, 1995! Then the next day a light dusting of snow turned into a few inches about 4 or 5 I think. So many Holidays spent here. Kevin and I had 2 Christmases together before the house but the house brought out the spirit in Kevin. He wanted to decorate all over. I think it was a direct rebellion against his childhood. The holidays are really for the young, and especially at this time of year Kevin was. He was always enchanted by the lights and decorations. Having the nicest house on the block at Christmas was always one of his goals. The rules were, Lights and decorations up the day after Thanksgiving, unless great weather happened the week before. The decorations did not have to come down but after January 1 they could not be on.
I will not even bother with a tree this year, maybe never. I just have no desire to even have the stuff. I will keep some of the special decorations, but I do not see them ever being used in my lifetime again. I am just so done with it all. I have a goal of having everything done with the new place by January , and this house on the market by then. Too much? I don't think so, but I am a little bit of an overachiever. Well a bath is calling to my back.