Life in 2D/3D

5 days until i move in! It's so exciting. It doesn't really feel quite real yet. I suppose because i've always lived in the same house it will be strange to call somewhere else home. I wonder if moving in somewhere else instantly makes it 'home'? I wonder if i'll feel weird and spend a long time getting to a point where i don't feel like i'm in someone else's house.

The house is going to look so empty at the beginning. We have a lot of stuff, but most of it will get packed away in cupboards or drawers and then we'll be left in a house that's just about as empty as it was the day we moved in. Maybe i'll just leave all of our dishes out on the benchtops so the place looks lived-in. At least that way it will save me trying to remember where i put everything. I could claim that i wanted to have them 'on display'. People have all sorts of trinkets and things in their houses, i could just claim that i was confused about the whole idea of displaying pretty things. At least then the things people saw wouldn't leave them saying htings like "what a nice....vase. Oh, I'm sorry, i didn't realise it was a decorative glass replica of a volcano...". They would just be looking at things like plates and cheese graters, and they couldn't be left wondering what they were for. Or maybe i could claim it as being 'art'... The possibilities are endless.

Dear American people that may be reading,

Maybe someone could help me with something – what’s a “stick of butter”?
As a general rule, I like to buy butter in something a bit more conventional – like a tub. Sticks are for poking, and you can’t poke someone with butter, even if it is stick-like in appearance.
I have an excellent cookbook that I want to use, but everything is in American measurements, including “sticks of butter”. If anyone can clear this up, let me know.

I bought a house! Well, not so much bought as ‘borrowed a large sum of money at a stupid interest rate and put myself in debt for a long time”. I move in on the 16^th of June. It’s great, I’m looking forward to being domestic. I’ve bought a stack of home wares already. I’m sure it will be a lot less thrilling when I actually have to look after myself and pay the bills on time etc. etc, but I’m enjoying living in a deluded state of bliss, so I’m just ignoring all the hard work that will be involved for now.