It's 10 PM. Do you know where your brain is....

It's Sunday night, June 1st, and I'm spending my first night in my new place. It's a townhouse, but all on one level. I have a full basement--great for storing stuff!--which adds an additional 1000 square feet to the total space I have available. There's no one above me or on three sides of me. My only contiguous wall is a fireplace wall, so I should have minimal "noise" transference from another dwelling. That makes me happy.

The thought of being back in an apartment setting with tenants over my head doing their version of the unrepentant clog dancer's lament every day and night or entertaining me with music or TV I don't want to hear was sending me off the deep end. As I started my search for a place to live, I determined that I would only rent a townhouse style apartment--no one over head or underneath me. I saw several places that were nice, but, with my penchant for accumulating "stuff" that I am sure I cannot live without, I was concerned about fitting everything into those spaces. Then my Sister and I drove by Heritage Hill Townhouses & Apartments, and, voila, there was a one-storied townhouse with a full basement, just waiting for me. Not only was the rent reasonable, my new abode is located in Middletown (a suburb of Louisville) and everything is nearby. The bonus was a month's free rent and the basement--where it will be cool in the summer and a place to hide out if a tornado threatens to touch down (something that does happen in this part of the country). I am moving my art studio downstairs where I can make messy and not have to clean up unless I'm in a very, very, very good mood (last one of those occurred about 10 years ago). I have my computer and my sewing table in my bedroom, so I can work in comfort, and my living room can be just that--a place to relax or entertain. I have two full bathrooms--one for guests and one for just me and a kitchen with a skylight to bring in the sun. I love it!

So, yes, it's 10 PM and I know where my brain is, now that I have some sense of order in my life. And, as soon as I get up from my chair, I'll pick it up off the floor (where it fell when I bent over a few minutes ago) and I'll put it back in my cranium.