So I knew my car would never be big enough to hold the flat-packed sofa thing I was about to buy at IKEA. The marvelous
sanj agreed to drive me up there on the chance it would fit in her car, loaded up the car with everything but the ... well, the sofa (so: with the slipcover, mattress cover, arm cushions, and arm cushion covers) when this turned out to be impossible, and waited while I stood in the interminable Home Delivery queue. And! The stuff will be delivered today between 5 and 10pm, HURRAH, so I don't have to make any arrangements w/r/t work. And then I will have sofa-bed in the guest room!
Yay!