The closing was already almost two weeks ago. The move was like entering a vortex like that old TV show, The Time Machine. I was spun around for ten days or so and then spit out into this new world, my new home.
Moving at age 60 is so different than my last move was, almost 20 years ago. My body complained! Last Thursday I finally went for some acupuncture and moxa with Jennifer and felt so much better. 
Before the acupuncture, my low back, legs, feet, arms and neck all felt like a twisted up towel.
All movement was stiff like my limbs were made of cardboard. And, speaking of cardboard, it is piled in the garage waiting for me to use in the garden. These boxes filled with stuff. So much stuff!
Much love to my friends for helping: Molly, Phyllis, Emily and Danielle gave me brawn and moral support. Many thanks to Daniel and Rose, the extreme cleaners, and to Ideal Movers.
But now I am pretty much moved in. My bedroom, kitchen, living room, office and dining room are already useable and being used. There is still work to be done upstairs, in the stone room, basement and garage. But, the fact that I am sitting here at my desk, writing and using the internet shows that I am resting in now.
Yesterday my tractor arrived! It overwhelms me, and I wonder if I’ll ever get comfortable with it. The guy who delivered it taught me how to use it but went so fast that I had to keep slowing him down and repeating what he told me to make sure I got it right. At the dealer, they said that taking the components on and off was easy. It’s not easy! To get the mower off, I have to lay down under the tractor with my cheek to the mower and reach up awkwardly and pull a joint out and off. I have to line up pins with heavy metal pieces and push them in or take them out. Then I have to use the bucket of the tractor to lift the back wheels of it off the ground to get the mower out from under it. It is very cumbersome and weird. I would use it right away to make use of my lesson in using it but the grass is wet. I went online to learn about grass-cutting best practices. It should not be mowed when wet and I shouldn’t cut it down more than 2/3 of it’s current height.
Today I will tromp around in the tall grass of the pasture and take a bunch of before pictures as the land will change a lot when the fence is put in, the horses arrive, and the gardens are put in. Right now, especially with the rain, everything is just a huge expanse of saturated, dripping green. Here is a picture of the view from my bedroom. I look right out onto the barn and upper pasture. 
There are two mature tulip trees, one in the front and one in the back. They are in bloom.