It's been three months since I bought a house. And it's only this week that I feel settled, excited about coming home to it, all cozy like. I underestimated how moving into a new home is work for a long time. I have a week off work before school starts August 28. I'm not sure what I want to do with it but I've had some ideas. I look back fondly on the time I was stuck in a remote place of the world with the no internet or cell phone service, going to bed by 9pm and rising by 5am, reading for hours a day and feeling in tune with myself. I might want to try to replicate that for a few days. Go on helpx.com and find a cabin in the mountains or something. I believe in rites or ceremonies to demarcate new phases. Me feeling adjusted for the first time, on top of school starting, feels like a new phase indeed.