It’s hard to believe the day is finally here! We are getting the keys to our condo this afternoon. Is that why the day is passing so slowly?

Only a few people know about the house right now, and we’ve always prefaced the news with “but it’s not 100% yet.” Well, now it is 100%, and today it becomes public knowledge. I’m about to burst.

I want it to be clever and appropriate to our relationship. So I want it to be an UP-themed announcement. UP is our movie. Our engagement was UP-themed at Disneyland. I’m going to get a blue balloon on the way north this afternoon, and I want to take a cute picture in front of the house with the key and the balloon and my fiancé and oh my goodness I can’t wait.

We’re expecting to hear that the title has changed over at around 2 pm. Then we’ll hear when we get the keys. It’ll be today.

We won’t be moving in right away, though. It’ll be a couple more weeks before we rent a U-haul. We’ve been in contact with our contractor, Wael, about our kitchen remodel. As of right now, the living room and dining room are one “big” rectangle, with the kitchen closed off from it. Once Wael has finished, it will be an open-concept kitchen that tacks on to join the rectangle. The island will be our dining table, and Mjolnir will be the constant centerpiece. That was Sohrab’s idea, and I can’t complain!

The kitchen will have white cabinets and black granite. None of that Black Galaxy stuff, though. It’ll be solid black. Very modern. The layout will change pretty significantly, and the kitchen will be bigger. We’re going to follow the transformation through pictures, and I’d like to have a time-lapse of the whole thing. It’ll be surreal.

The renovation will begin this week.