Good Mornthing! [20190503]
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blissmorganMan, April was a weird month. I don't think I even posted here for at least two weeks.
In that time I finally got my tax refund, as did SALM, and last weekend we went and made two big grownuppy purchases. One of these is a grey sectional couch with sleeper bed in it, which is going to replace the pair of IKEA chaise lounges we have been making do with as a sort-of-couch for the last few years. They were great when SALM was living on his own in a wee basement apartment, but they do not suit our needs for this space or, like, back support. I'm hoping to sell the lounges but, frankly, if we hit late next week and nobody has bought them? I am definitely prepared to give them away. Anyway, that delivery is next week, and so that is more of a Future Me situation to wrangle.
Now Me needs to wrangle things vis a vis the bed. That is the second big purchase we made: a brand new queen bed, because the full we have been sharing for the last few years is (A) not quite big enough for us and (2) badly breaking down. There is something in the metal structure inside that is coming apart, and so there is a deep and jangly groove on one edge and when SALM sits up one side of the bed sags like a bowl. His hips hurt from having to sleep on that, mine hurt from having to position myself in such a way that I don't roll into the bowl, both our backs hurt... it's a bad time all around. So, new firm and slightly larger mattress will be coming today.
That means I need to make room for the new stuff to come in:
I've already done the first and last items. The bookshelf is the really daunting one, but I have an idea of where it needs to go; I now just need to make it happen.
But I'm tired and sore. My back hurts in new-old interesting ways - I think the tendonitis has crept up to settle into my upper back, where it used to hang out when I was still playing softball. Alas, there is no one to do the tasks I set for myself but me.
Oh damn, the old bed is a full and the new one a queen. I need to get new linens. >.< (This is not a BAD thing, I just wish I had thought of it sooner.)
Hello, Blisstopia. <3
In that time I finally got my tax refund, as did SALM, and last weekend we went and made two big grownuppy purchases. One of these is a grey sectional couch with sleeper bed in it, which is going to replace the pair of IKEA chaise lounges we have been making do with as a sort-of-couch for the last few years. They were great when SALM was living on his own in a wee basement apartment, but they do not suit our needs for this space or, like, back support. I'm hoping to sell the lounges but, frankly, if we hit late next week and nobody has bought them? I am definitely prepared to give them away. Anyway, that delivery is next week, and so that is more of a Future Me situation to wrangle.
Now Me needs to wrangle things vis a vis the bed. That is the second big purchase we made: a brand new queen bed, because the full we have been sharing for the last few years is (A) not quite big enough for us and (2) badly breaking down. There is something in the metal structure inside that is coming apart, and so there is a deep and jangly groove on one edge and when SALM sits up one side of the bed sags like a bowl. His hips hurt from having to sleep on that, mine hurt from having to position myself in such a way that I don't roll into the bowl, both our backs hurt... it's a bad time all around. So, new firm and slightly larger mattress will be coming today.
That means I need to make room for the new stuff to come in:
- Kitchen table pushed all the way against one wall
- laundry moved out of hallway
- Bookshelf and its contents moved out of turn of stairs to upstairs
- Cedar chest moved away from foot of bed
- current bed completely stripped
I've already done the first and last items. The bookshelf is the really daunting one, but I have an idea of where it needs to go; I now just need to make it happen.
But I'm tired and sore. My back hurts in new-old interesting ways - I think the tendonitis has crept up to settle into my upper back, where it used to hang out when I was still playing softball. Alas, there is no one to do the tasks I set for myself but me.
Oh damn, the old bed is a full and the new one a queen. I need to get new linens. >.< (This is not a BAD thing, I just wish I had thought of it sooner.)
Hello, Blisstopia. <3
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3/5/19 13:32 (UTC)(no subject)
3/5/19 14:30 (UTC)Right now the back pain has increased, but I banged out my prep list. I even vacuumed the whole route the new stuff is going to take!
However - I also measured and discovered our old bed is, indeed, a Full. The new bed is a Queen. Our old frame will not fit the new bed. The hunt is on!!
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3/5/19 15:54 (UTC)Right now the back pain has increased, but I banged out my prep list. I even vacuumed the whole route the new stuff is going to take!
However - I also measured and discovered our old bed is, indeed, a Full. The new bed is a Queen. Our old frame will not fit the new bed. The hunt is on!!
Sent from my Ogenfeld Mark XXXVI Aetheric Device
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4/5/19 23:25 (UTC)April has been a bad month for me, but it's over and spent May the 4th at the Museum of Fine Art Houston at a Van Gogh exhibit. Even after seeing some of the works in pictures, the real things are amazing to look at because they're real. Brush strokes, drawings, paint...... You can see that they were made by a real person and they're all the more amazing for it.
I needed that. Take care and rest back and sleep late and save the world! 🙂
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5/5/19 20:21 (UTC)