srsly

we made the first step in moving. i brought some boxes up from our storage, and i bought some nice things for my aquarium.
tonight we’ll probably start packing up bookshelves. putting away things we don’t need on a daily basis. we figure if we do a box or two a night we’ll be ready to go pretty quickly. we’ll also probably take some of these things to the storage unit and leave them there until we want them. this way when we go to rent the truck we don’t need a huge one. it will be nice to move. i like that neighborhood a lot and i’m glad to be going back. the commute might take a little bit longer but at least i’ll never have to wait for a bridge to open again, or a train. i’ll also be able to bike to work on a trail most of the way instead of streets. i’ll only have to get on the street once i hit fremont, and even then it’s a big bike lane until i hit downtown. we should be getting the key pretty soon, and then we can start taking stuff over in the car.
tessa insisted the i get a nice stand and a proper lighting fixture when we moved so i did. i’ve got a nice black stand with a cabinet for a refugium and a 30″ SunPod on it’s way. i’ve got some plumbing supplies on the way as well. a friend from work has a refugium he no longer needs and i now have a place to put one under the cabinet, so when the stand comes i’m going to take my tank to get it drilled for overflow and return. this means more water volume and more room for filtration. it also means i can start growing macro algae which should take care of whatever nutrient problem i’m having now. the light is also 150w metal halide with a proper reflector instead of the 70w metal halide inside a halogen work light fixture. looks nicer, uses it’s light more efficiently, and most importantly, has fans for cooling.
i’ll take pictures of the whole thing when we’re done. exciting!