On March 31 much of the move was completed to get into the new studio which is south of Downtown Orlando. Across the street is a lake but I can only see it through the gaps between lakefront homes.
I put a series of lakefront paintings I had done post pandemic over the fireplace.
Three ducks were hanging out in the front yard having a conference before they waddled of across the street to get back to the lake.
The Disney desk can be taken apart in three sections. The main body of the desk has to be the heaviest piece of furniture ever created. It has some sort of evil dark matter inside of it that doubles the pull of gravity. Considering I am using it to just support a laptop and iPad, I could get away with a TV table. Once the desk was moved and reassembled I could truly feel moved in. I have tons of books I still need to unload and put on the bookshelves but that is why I am writing this article. I am procrastinating. After the desk was set up, we noticed a lizard behind the wire grating in the fireplace and I left him alone figuring he could find his way back out up the chimney.
This morning as I was working at my Disney desk, he scurried out from one of the shelves. This was clearly his new home. The place has been deserted for over a year while renovations were being done, so I guess he has been a resident longer than me. However he had to go. I got a Chinese takeout container which is the only thing I have approaching Tupperware, hoping I would catch him. And let him back outside. He was super fast. He kept scrambling behind boxes and in the end I was leaping and throwing the container hoping it might land over him. He got away and I pulled a few muscles in the effort. He is now a permanent resident. His name is Speedy Gonzales.