Exhausted
I've been saying that I wanted to re-arrange the guest bedroom (which these days is also Jacob's bedroom on weekends) for a couple of months now, and today John pushed me into doing it-- with the help of two teenaged lackeys (aren't you glad you came over for the weekend now, Darryl? Isn't it FUN visiting Jacob?) to do most of the heavy lifting.
Of course, the teenaged lackeys aren't capable of actually organizing the bits and pieces, and all of the things that got moved had to be cleaned out/off first (four bookcases, two two-drawer filing cabinets, a futon that isn't mine and therefore didn't get cleaned off before moving, and a myriad of boxes from all over the floor), so I didn't get to just sit and eat bon-bons while giving orders like John made the job sound like it would be.
Things are looking better. There's still quite a bit more to be moved (the entire contents of the closet, for example) but Darryl had to go home (and I wouldn't blame him if he "had to" go home earlier than he originally planned on) and Jacob got dragged off to visit his grandmother. But Marina has assured me that I can abuse Jacob some more later, as he'll be back tonight. *cackle* I spent the first hour of him being gone clearing off/out two cabinets and a counter, so they're all ready to go when he gets back.
Mostly though, this just means that all the things that I was ignoring from that room have been moved to the forefront of my attention. Yay. :-P
Of course, the teenaged lackeys aren't capable of actually organizing the bits and pieces, and all of the things that got moved had to be cleaned out/off first (four bookcases, two two-drawer filing cabinets, a futon that isn't mine and therefore didn't get cleaned off before moving, and a myriad of boxes from all over the floor), so I didn't get to just sit and eat bon-bons while giving orders like John made the job sound like it would be.
Things are looking better. There's still quite a bit more to be moved (the entire contents of the closet, for example) but Darryl had to go home (and I wouldn't blame him if he "had to" go home earlier than he originally planned on) and Jacob got dragged off to visit his grandmother. But Marina has assured me that I can abuse Jacob some more later, as he'll be back tonight. *cackle* I spent the first hour of him being gone clearing off/out two cabinets and a counter, so they're all ready to go when he gets back.
Mostly though, this just means that all the things that I was ignoring from that room have been moved to the forefront of my attention. Yay. :-P