weekend of the bed
i got a new bed. well new to me. from the w's. the w's were looking for a new home for their bed. i saw a pic of it on relief society whatsapp group chat. it looked nice. so i was like, yeah if no one else wants it i will take it. christine said they would bring it to me sunday night. on saturday the realization hit me. the w's would be in my house and see my bedroom. a frenzy of cleaning ensued. christmas bins put out on the deck, floor swept and washed, dishes washed, stove top washed, recycling and compost taken down, tidy table top, burn cinnamon candles, vacuum, dusted, arranged...etc etc. i kept seeing things in my home with new eyes. "if the w's saw that, how would i feel?" i discussed with heather about the art i had on my door--a gustav klimt paining that had nudity--a woman curled up sleeping. we agreed i should take it down for the bed drop so as not to me me or them uncomfortable. i'm glad i did that.
after doing all that cleaning on saturday i then went shopping, came home and made a huge meal and making a huge new mess in the kitchen. i was very happy with my meal though. it was rice with onions, garlic, bacon and shredded parm mixed in and then cooked until crispy on the bottom, served with roasted cabbage, butternut squash, and shredded tofu. i made two sauces--an orange chipotle (yum) and a miso (hello). i carried them all downstairs in my green plastic box with the cloth handles. i was just congratulating myself on the wisdom of carrying it in the box when one of the straps slipped out of my hand and the box tipped, spilling some of the crispy shredded tofu and spilling the orange chipotle sauce with in the box. "oh nooooooooooooooooooooooo!" i wailed. i was in the hall by the laundry room. mom, came, alarmed. but it could have been worse. i didn't lose much. mom said the last time she heard me cry like that was when the cupboards fell on me.
bethany didn't eat with us because she's a bad girl. mom was suitably impressed with the meal though. we gobbled it down and then we retired to the lazy boy chairs to play our games of boggle and take our blood pressure. my feet were really sore at that point. i think i need new runners. but anyways boggle--sometimes i close my eyes and see a boggle board. that's how much we've been playing these days.
i didn't go to church today. i was feeling emotional and i had a head ache. still have. spent some time with my lover. he always makes me feel better. we did this challenge that i saw online where you set the time for 10 minutes and stare into each others eyes without looking away for the whole time. you can blink though. i love him.
i had a little nap. and then i talked with heather. we didn't have choir to cut us off so we talked and talked until her tummy said it was enough. we talked a lot about food as we often do. lol.
we broke our fast by having the supper i made the night before. it was still good. it doesn't look like much but it tastes pretty good. my blood pressure was higher than usual the first two times and then went down. i think i was a little dehydrated, that's why.
i hurried upstairs to do the last preparations for the new bed. that was taking the old bed off the frame. the old bed has no bones. it's a slug. it cannot bear its own form. when i took it off the bed i found my long lost glasses underneath. i didn't know what i was going to do with it because i needed to wrap it in plastic to put it out for the city to pick up. but i didn't have any plastic. i just thought i would have to figure it out later. i waited for the w's outside. they pulled up in their pick up and christine was holding their little frenchie on her lap. she also gave me some art. she insisted on helping her husband carry the bed. she said i could carry the art. so it began. it was hard to get it in the door, but finally we managed and then it was hard to get it into the bedroom because that little hallway is so tight. they had to open the bathroom (mei-mei was in there hiding behind the toilet. she was so scared, she didn't make a peep) and back into there to get the right angle to get it into the bedroom. i had to move the litter box and take down the mirror. but we got both the box spring and the mattress in there. they helped me take off the plastic and put it on the frame. it's so high! i have to climb up now. my feet don't touch the floor when i'm sitting on the edge. it has a nice pillow top so i think it will be comfy. tonight will be my first night.
also, they had wrapped them in plastic because they thought it would be raining. so one of the plastic things was in good enough condition and they left it for me so i could reuse it on my old one! bonus. she also brought a framed pic of the temple. she asked if mom would want it so i brought it to her and she loved it. so we went to her bedroom and rearranged the stuff on her wall so that it would fit. then i went back upstairs and dragged the plastic cover onto my old mattress and texted norm. he came over and helped me take it downstairs. mostly we just slid it down the stairs so it wasn't hard. then because the plastic had some holes he got his roll of stretch plastic and we wrapped it around more to secure it. i thanked him, he left, and i went back upstairs.
mei-mei was very upset that her litter box was moved. she kept standing by it meowing very angrily. she felt better once i put it back. she also settled down once i put all the bedding on the bed. then she settled in quite nicely and gave herself a bath on it.
so ya.
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