blissmorgan: (good morning)
Man, 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:
  • 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


blissmorgan: (good morning)
I've spent some time earlier this week and this morning learning all about Massachusetts' Motor Vehicle Excise tax, as well as excise tax in general. I hit the age of majority in NY and spent the entirety of my 20s living there, and when my marriage went womp-womp and I moved back in with my folks and couldn't get a regular job that still allowed me to be available to parent my Spawn, my parents took care of a lot of stuff on my behalf - up to and including the excise tax on my vehicle. Finally, FINALLY, I am employed and dealing with paying for my own shit the way I wish I could have been doing all along, and so I wanted to find out what I could about this tax I had never heard of when I was living in NY. I learned quite a bit, actually, including the fact that although here in MA people talk about "the excise tax" like it's just this one tax levied on our vehicles, excise taxes are actually built in on a number of goods and activities. I'm still mildly unclear on precisely how it differs from a sales tax really, but I do like that at least the excise tax on vehicles in MA is collected by the town and goes into the general fund for unrestricted use; it's sort of like an emergency fund for my immediate community.

It's Friday, it's My Day! Off, that is. It's one of those days where it feels like I'm running out of time and I look at the clock to discover that mere minutes have ticked by.

I intend to use my time wisely today, which means that I have started a load of laundry, have a roleplaying post to finish and put up for an RP partner, and am going to rescue a project off the pair of knitting needles I accidentally snapped before then trying out my umbrella swift for the first time. I'll probably watch some visual media, too. I'm torn between continuing Community, continuing The Librarians, or diving into Umbrella Academy. I'll decide when my ass is in the chair, I suppose.

I've also got two pen pal letters to which I need respond, and... ::squints at screen:: ....probably upward of fifty open tabs right now, so expect a Linkdump at some point today or tomorrow.

I think I'll also go make that post on the Ploos that I've been avoiding, letting everyone know where to find me elsenet and under what names. And then maybe daydrink a martini or something so that I don't have to feel all those feels too sharply.

Hello, Blisstopia. <3