So much to do today!
First I needed to get the TVs set up since the cable installer is coming tomorrow and I've got stuff to do in the morning, like go to the post office and buy food. Speaking of which, I realized when I got up this morning and was absolutely starving that I hadn't really eaten anything since the french fries I got yesterday morning while waiting for Florence KY to wake up and realize I was in town and had money burning a hole in my pocket.
So, first things first. I knew I'd bagged up and brought over what little I had left in the apartment... ah yes...
Nothing like some dry, dusty, milkless high fiber to start off the day. TBH though I think I bought those to have on hand as a healthier alternative to cookies or the like when I was craving something small and sweet for a snack. So the lack of milk wasn't really that big a deal. And since I was ravenous, they could've been made of sawdust and probably would've still tasted pretty good. But on to business!
I realized yesterday that it was probably a bad idea leaving the chest in the office, since I would need to set up a tv in there and didn't really want to do that until the other bigger bits of furniture were firmly in place which couldn't happen with the chest in the way. So I decided to scoot it out of the office and put it... somewhere else. Where, exactly, I wasn't sure, but I figured I'd work that out once I got it out of the office.
Yeah, this is gonna be fun. There's no way I can carry it across that bit of hard flooring between the office door and everywhere else.
But wait! What's that I see? Is it a couple of cheap floor mats left behind by the previous owner, that might be very slide-y if turned upside down? Why yes, yes it is!
So, that's one problem solved. Now... where to stow the damn thing? Hey, how about right on the other side of the hard bit of flooring, where it can serve as a handy storage unit for all the blankets and winter sweaters my many nonexistent guests are always carrying when they don't show up at my door?
Well that'll certainly make it easier for the people who are coming to take it away to get it out my front door. And it only has to sit there for a week and a half before that happens. And I don't have anything else that has to go in that spot at the moment, so it seemed like a good idea.
Then I got to work setting up the living room tv:
Looking at that picture, I think there's only one conclusion we can draw: Frau Kaleun needs a much bigger living room tv.
But since the chair I'd be watching this one from will only be sitting about 4 feet away from it, due to the many boxes filling up most of the rest of the room, this one will probably do for now. At least there'll be something to hook up to the cable box tomorrow.
And then it was time for lunch!
LaRosa's again, a calzone this time, plus a salad for later if I feel peckish this evening, or maybe tomorrow for lunch. Also: first sit-down meal eaten in the condo at a real table, sitting on a real chair. Those milestones just keep piling up, people!
Then it was back to the office. First I got the file cabinet and two bookcases sorted out, which means I finally have one wall of that room with everything where I intend for it to be for keeps.
Which means I can finally take my files out of those carrying crates and put them IN the cabinet, which I'd avoided doing because I kept moving the darn thing around so much and it was heavy enough with nothing in it.
And on to the office TV, which is now in place and ready for the cable installation:
Still need to set up the bedroom tv, but I don't have any real furniture for that, just something makeshift until I know for sure what I'm gonna do in there... and with no other furniture to speak of in the room getting that set up will not take very long. Probably do that later tonight or tomorrow afternoon before the installer gets here, I've got until at least 2 PM to get it done.
Now I'm gonna take a break and then start going through papers and mail and paying whatever bills need to be paid and balance my accounts and get caught up on all of that. THEN I can file all of that stuff away which will certainly simplify things on the office front, I've got so much paperwork and receipts and manuals and whatnot floating around in here that I haven't had time to go through and couldn't really file away because I wasn't sure where to put it and couldn't risk putting it somewhere and then forgetting what I did with it.
At least with the office somewhat sorted, I can start moving boxes of books in here and stacking them or even unpacking them using the two bookcases I've got up... which will clear up a LOT of space in the other rooms. So that's something. And it feels good to have at least a couple things where they are supposed to go.