David & Liane's House Blog

Liane got a teaching job nearly an hour away from our previous residence. We've decided to move to a place somewhere in between my work and hers. Since most of that area is farmland the pickings are slim, so we thought we were going to build a house. We spent well over a year and a half pushing down that path, but in the end we ended up buying a used one and remodeling (which, as it turns out, is sort of like building). All of this two plus year adventure is chronicled here for your enjoyment.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Ghost Town

We move tomorrow. The house isn't empty yet, but it feels empty. Nothing on the walls, or in drawers and closets. Lot of boxes sitting around. Last night I took the final and largest step of pulling apart the A/V system. It was reduced to a pile of cables and little boxes -- so complicated, all for the sake of making the use of it simple, yet flexible. All that work, just ripped apart.

I realized recently that I have lived in this house longer than any other place in my life. That seems weird, in part because it's only been the last several years that I've truly felt settled here, or in Fort Wayne in general. Now I'm moving away. I've chronicled some of my apprehensions about this right here in this blog, so there isn't much need to write it all down again.

I feel strange...disconnected...like a stranger in an alien place.