Phurniture, Plague, Pestilence, Phamine

[drscott]

Back on the air after a tough week.

I spent the first part of the week helping excessor recover from his illness. Since Mike moved out, I've had to do all the house chores myself, and the tasks associated with Paul's moving in have to be done mostly by him, so I remain the only person with time to do most of the chores. So I've seen a lot of the grocery store, the kitchen, the garden, and the pool, but not so much of my PC or my writing. Eventually this will change as Paul completes the putting away of things and life gets more normal. It helps that he's finally wrapped up the newsletter for the Convention (Star Thru the Silicon Galaxy), which occupied a lot of his free time lately. Printing, folding, sealing, labeling, and mailing a thousand newsletters takes a very long time.

The Ikea purchases of last weekend took a few days to put together. The desks went fine, but the shelves turned into a problem -- there were about 35 pieces of particle board and 80 little dowels involved, and the final pieces didn't go in very easily without some other piece popping out. The alingual manual has absolutely nothing to say on tricks and techniques for accomplishing any of the tough bits, so it was an extra half hour struggle to finish. The shelf looked good, but when Paul got home and we tried to move it into his office, we discovered its dimensions and bulk (about 6'x6'x18") wouldn't allow it to be moved into the office at all. So the shelf wandered about the house until it landed in what appears to be its permanent home, the utility room, where it will be used for general storage. We'll order some real hardwood bookcases that can be fit through doors later.

Midweek the filing cabinet was delivered, and that went much more smoothly. It was placed and filled by that evening. Advice for people looking to purchase a filing cabinet: for home use, almost any nonmetal filing cabinet you find at a reasonable price is crap. The best way to go is HON Commercial Grade, which while a bit tinny is sturdy and stands up to heavy loading without problems in daily use. I got a 4-drawer letter vertical file from Office Depot for $144 with free delivery and a $30 coupon, for a net cost of $114 plus tax.

[next: Plague]

Comments

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

Missed seeing you tonight. It's been ages. Hope you're feeling better.

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

I think we need to try to have an LJ reunion at the Convention! A cult-within-a-cult kind of meeting. :-)

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I was feeling better, just not up to socializing yet. For one thing I tire very quickly. But Paul reported you behaved like a gentleman almost all the time. And he always tells the truth!

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Like a birds-of-a-feather session. Though a specialty tip for LJers would be rather beside the point. Maybe a room party? [heh]

[excessor.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're starting to feel better. I feel absolutely terrible that I can't help you with the daily household chores. And I hate having the boxes everywhere. Hopefully, it will all be better within the next week.