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- The front door is here
and there's a lock box and I can't get it to unlock.
I'm just gonna check the doors and see if they're unlocked.
Those suckers left the window unlocked.
The question is if the garage door there is unlocked.
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Ready, moment of truth.
Oh, yeah.
Here it is. (beep)
And we're in.
There was an extra key in the kitchen
so I can just cut off the lockbox
and make some copies of the key, I don't care.
What's important is I'm in
and I can start bringing boxes in.
Whoo!
Echoey in here.
Whenever I'm filming videos,
I'm gonna add acoustic foam to fix this
and just other acoustic dampening measures.
So something that wasn't advertised with the house
is how many spiders there are.
I'm not scared of spiders, but I am pretty uncomfortable
around them if they're inside.
But I'll deal what that later.
However, if you're curious how much stuff fits
in my trailer, I did a small run just now
to make sure everything went okay,
make sure the trailer pulled with a big load.
So, with a small load of just kinda just filling one layer,
here's how much I could fit and I'll do more the next time.
So it shouldn't be too bad, honestly.
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Okay, I'm getting more brave this time
'cause the last one went well.
So, I actually filled this over.
I made sure to only use heavy items on top
so nothing will fly out.
But, yeah, and the trash can is weighted down by some stuff.
We should be good.
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Well, I didn't tell her the coup didn't Work,
she just happened to send a new code and said,
"Oh, I sent you the wrong one."
Let's see if this one works.
Oh, would you look at that.
Unfortunately there are a few pest issues
and I usually just get this Real Kill.
It works well.
I mean, it's fine.
Not that I like killing, but sometimes I kinda have to.
But I like this one, Hot Shot.
I haven't used it because it's floral scented.
What is, I am pretty sure this is extremely toxic to inhale
but I guess they wanna encourage it
because it smells like flowers.
And also, imagine being killed
by something that smells like flowers.
I need to replace the water heater,
but I have to go in the crawl space
and figure out what size it is.
It's not that I'm scared of crawl spaces,
it's that I'm scared of what's inside of them.
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Okay, cool.
I keep thinking there's spiders in my hair.
I keep killing something.
Okay, okay, well, let's go (mumbles)
I brought some animals, just hanging out.
Olive on the bottom, (mumbles) the dragon.
Potato and a few ball pythons over there.
You know, the really nice thing about a long driveway,
I'd never had a long driveway before,
but it means that passerby, pass byers,
cannot say hello without trespassing.
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Progress is being made.
This wall is almost completely empty now.
Since I don't mind the drive,
I'm just kinda feeling I'm too uncomfortable
'cause I went over the top a few times, so.
Bringing my bike over this time.
And these are mostly just shipping boxes
just boxed up in more boxes.
Mostly reptile stuff here and part of the Christmas tree.
It's also getting a bit cloudy, it might rain,
but honestly, I wouldn't mind a drizzle.
Even though this stuff isn't really waterproof,
at least it'll be cool when I drive it
and have to unhaul it.
The day after closing now and so far,
the first day went well.
I just moved stuff until I was so exhausted.
I had to go to sleep and I woke up pretty early today
because I tried to just combine all the appointments.
So what just got finished earlier today was
the water heater was replaced, the internet was installed,
the electricity was moved to my name.
However, the plumber said that the water heater,
found that there was more damage.
So that bill will go up a little bit.
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Last few items from the garage and it is completely cleared.
That's just trash, that's coming with me,
that's staying here, that's staying here,
and I don't know why this is here.
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I haven't filmed too much, but I've made a ton of progress.
This is the current state of the new garage.
Although it looks like a lot,
it's mostly actually just like,
for example, all these boxes are just filled
with more boxes to ship to people.
So a lot of it will be gone pretty quickly
because it'll all be Emerald supplies being used
or being shipped off or whatever.
And I'll share more insight later
but I'm doing another haul.
Whoo, it's a little echoey in here now.
Got some remaining items, like my clothes.
I don't know why they're in the living room.
Remaining items downstairs, TV and cat tree.
And I was gonna do the cat tree next
and of course all the cats are on it
'cause they've nowhere else to sit.
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And it's night time again.
I set up my desk before anything else
so I could edit this video.
There might still be a little bit of a lull
just while I continue like settling in,
we unpack everything and stuff
but it shouldn't take too long 'cause there's not that much.
But a lot of people have asked, why do I move so much?
And am I finally done moving?
Yes to the second question.
And to the first, it was a bunch of different reasons.
I moved five times in five years and this is the last one,
hopefully for a while.
In 2017, I moved to a rental with my family
'cause they wanted to sell their other house,
in 2018, I moved to the house that they ended up purchasing,
in 2019, I moved out of my family into a rental,
in 2020, I changed to a different rental,
and now in 2021, I was able to actually purchase a home,
thanks to you watching and doing anything
from simply checking out a video,
to buying merch, to supporting me on Patreon,
to buying an animal from Emerald Scales.
Literally, everything contributed.
It was a lot more expensive than I expected
but I was able to pull through and now I will be in dept
until May 1st, 2051, unless I pay the mortgage off early.
Although I will be filming videos in this room,
I'm gonna get rid of this hoard lighting.
I'm gonna put in studio lights, acoustic foam,
maybe paint the walls, put stuff in the background,
it'll be a really nice, cozy, little studio for videos.
And a lot of people have asked,
"Are there gonna be unboxings?"
Yes, I've emailed a bunch of people on the waiting list
and they are all preparing to send in animals
and I'll get to do some more unboxing videos.
But also means a lot of videos working around the house.
Not just for my own sake, but for the reptiles
because I need to make it reptile friendly and stuff.
The thing is, I really wish there weren't so many pests.
There's definitely a spider infestation.
I do not like those two words in the same sentence (laughs).
There's a lot of bugs and I can't spray the home
because anything that kills an insect
is gonna kill a reptile, basically.
We also have insects 'cause, you know,
feeder insects and stuff.
So, that's gonna suck, but I'll do my best.
I'm gonna just fill all the cracks as much as possible.
And then I have some cool projects planned.
I don't wanna say 'em yet
'cause I don't know what order I'll do them in.
But, long story short, stay tuned
and you can follow me on Twitter,
Instagram or join my mailing list for updates,
if YouTube happens to not update you.
But thanks, so much, like, actually,
for helping me buy a home.
This is our, it's our home.
It's not our home, it's my home.
But you probably contributed, so.
You get a sticker of participation.
That'll be it.
For this, you can check out the other blogs if you like,
leading up to this, just all the other different projects.
I have videos of all my other moving and yeah.
See you shortly.
I'm Alex and thanks for watching.
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