I’m far from a numerologist, however I do have a fascination with numbers. My friends laugh when I explain that I remember strings of numbers by graphing them in my head. Or they shake their head as I recite a ten digit number after hearing it just once. When I was a kid, I would race the cashier to add up the items we had bought and then calculate change before they could.

So moving again, I have a fresh number to bring into the fold. 907. From 839 to 406 to 907. And with those three numbers my mind spins off into a thousand equations, looking for patterns. I’d liken it to the film sequence from <em>A Beautiful Mind</em> except I lack the patience for code breaking, but it is something along the same lines where I visualize a tree of numbers and equations in my mind.

907 is our new apartment. The first in the latest chapter of my life.

Yesterday was a long tiring day. I forced K to come to bed at 1am reminding her that us staying up all night packing and then being useless on the move day would be worse than having some stuff unpacked. So we got 5 or 6 hours of sleep before waking up and taking off for the day.

All in all, the world was on our side. It was clear skies, the apartment had no issues and the movers were awesome. Even more awesome though were the friends who showed up to help. With three friends (and one mother) showing up to help carry over the random items we didn’t get boxed in time, and to help clean the old apartment, we actually managed the full move in about 18 hours.

My brother Adam’s advice of beer and pizza did not go forgotten either, except K’s mom one-upped it. She brought over her crock-pot and set us up with pork chops for dinner! Not to mention her fresh baked chocolate-chip cookies and yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting. We used them unashamedly for bribery and appreciation.

Today we’re beginning the process of unpacking, box by box we’re regaining floor space and entertainment (the first thing I unpacked really was our entertainment center, second was my desk and computer setup.)

Tomorrow it will be more of the same.