Bright Light! Bright Light!
I love my new house, but I have one complaint so far. It’s too damn bright in our bedroom in the morning! Our old house had blinds, winter blankets, and curtains on the windows to block out the annoying orb in the sky that people call “the Sun.” The new house just has these cloth blinds that pulldown to block most of the window. They don’t cover the arch of glass that is over the main window, so the sun streams in through that part of the window. The part that is covered really isn’t covered all that well.
All-in-all, it makes for a bright morning. I try to sleep in as late as I possibly can, but with the brightness in the bedroom, I’m actually getting up earlier than I need to. I normally do the morning routine, and head right out the door. The past couple of days, I’ve gotten up, done the morning routine, sat around, and waited for time to leave. It’s not enough time to be productive on anything, so I just sit there in the morning and wait for time to come.
Maybe I’ll take up drinking coffee in the morning…
Unpacking Begins
We have Dish Network showing up today to hook up our TV signal. I had to unpack the TVs, and minimal cables, so that the Dish Network installer could test the signal. That went pretty quickly. The next step was to move the end tables for the bedroom into the bedroom. This is where I ran into a snag. The end tables were buried behind boxes, printers, printer stands, and other stuff. I decided that I didn’t want to pick up those heavy printers more than once. I figured I would move them into my office where their final destination is going to be.
This meant that I had to organize my office. I put my corner desk together, moved my bookshelves around (twice, I didn’t like the first place that I put them,) moved some smaller table around, moved one of the smaller tables to Kiara’s office because I ran out of room, and put my mini-fridge into place. Once all of that was done, I moved the printer tables into my office, then moved the printers into place. The office is mostly done. I just have to put some shelves into the bookshelves, then start moving about a dozen boxes of books into the shelves. It’s going to be back-breaking work, but I’m looking forward to getting all of my books back out of their boxes.
By the time I was done with my office, it was late, and I was beat. I tried to move the end tables, but it required more effort to move them by myself than I was willing to put out. Kiara and I will double-team the end tables tonight and get them into place. Once we get the Dish Network setup, we’ll know where the TVs will go, so we’ll know where to point our furniture. Tonight will be putting the bedroom together for sure. We both agree on where all of the bedroom stuff goes, so it should go smoothly. Then I want to do the upstairs living room. That will probably be the end of the day, but I may try to unpack a box or three of books.
