This is obviously not a picture of my apartment. It looks too clean and barren. But it represents how I feel, now that the sofa that I've owned for 25 years is out of the apartment.
But first....
Last night was another (almost) sleepless night, where I couldn't fall asleep to save my life. Something was preventing me from relaxing enough to drift off to sleep. And if I had a container of zzzQuil, I would have mega-dosed on it just to fall out. So I knew that I was going back to bed once the junk haulers left and try to nap a little bit.
I don't know if any of my readers have had the need to use Junk King's removal service. This is a franchised operation similar to 1-800-GOT-JUNK, where one identifies the junk to be removed, and shortly thereafter, it's gone. The regional franchisee for the operation runs a side business in selling second hand goods and estate sales - Revivals. It's a nice synergy (I hate that word, as it is overused to justify many corporate mergers) of two complementary businesses.
This morning, 3 men came to remove my sofa - at exactly 10 am (as scheduled). I knew that getting the sofa out of the apartment would take a lot of effort, but I wasn't letting the cat out of the bag. By the time they figured out how to get the sofa out, they had to remove the sofa's stump legs with a pry-bar and sledge hammer, then removing the entryway door to get the sofa out. (It wasn't this hard to get the sofa into my place 25 years ago, as I only remember having to remove the door. But I digress.) Once they got the sofa out the door, they were gone in 5 minutes. I paid the bill, thanked the 3 men, and then went back to my bed for a nap.
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Waking up at 2 pm, I knew that this would not be a day spent in Marian mode. I had a co-op board meeting scheduled for 6 pm, and needed to present as Mario for that. So, I reluctantly got dressed as Mario and took care of some chores before the board meeting.
The board meeting went quickly, and I was able to go out afterward to pick up some outlet extenders at Lowe's One problem, these aren't the type one permantly attaches to the wall outlet. So I will have to get different ones tomorrow.
