random thoughts - Day 2,000 (Sunday) - stuff and drama

On March 17, 2020, when we were sent home from the bank to work remotely, I started sharing a daily brain dump / ramble. I never thought that 2,000 daily blogs later I would still be at it. But hey, here we are. There has been a pandemic, remote work, hybrid schedule, summers lost to all work and little play, a bank merger, unemployment due to said merger, a house sale due to said unemployment, and a move to a quieter life. It hasn't been all bad.

TV corner shelf.

Day 2,000 had an accomplishment thanks to big help. The living room was rearranged for about the millionth time and the floating shelf was installed by StepDad today. I sort of helped, but my measuring and marking skills aren't what they should be and he really did all the work. 

The TV and cable box are now housed in a corner and on Wednesday afternoon when the couch is delivered the living room will be mostly done. The wi-fi router is proving challenging. Right now it runs from a splitter from the same cable outlet as the TV until a better solution found, which probably won't happen if I continue to not call the cable company.

Until Wednesday, the once tidy dining room table is buried in plants and small art pieces that were on the shelves in front of a window (relocated for the shelf installation), and crystal stemware removed from the mid-century console the TV used to live on, which was emptied to be moved across the room. The console will need to moved again to allow for the couch delivery. The whole house setup thing has felt like a never-ending logistics case study from my old production operations management class. 

Soup prep.

After the shelf installation, soup season was kicked ff with vegetable and lentil soup, inspired by the dreary morning and desire to use up some of the produce. Spinach, broccoli, carrot, onion, and celery were sauteed in butter and olive oil, then mixed with a can of lentils and a quart of vegetable broth from the freezer. It was delicious. 

After lunch, Mom and I went on a little road trip to a consignment store in a nearby town. The place was large and had a wide variety of stuff. There were china sets, tea cups, collectibles, clothing, vases, home decor (old and new), costume jewelry, military clothing, and all sorts of other stuff. It was fun. After that, we went to Marshalls and Market Basket. 

Kiki enjoys the view.

Kiki enjoyed looking out the window that was liberated of the shelf in front of it. She set her sweet little front paws on the sill and spent time looking through and over the hydrangea out front. Then I freaked her out by taking the mattress off the bed to set a bed skirt to cover the box spring. She was under the bed at the time, and once the mattress was slid off the bed and propped against the wall, the yowling began. 

Luckily, the bed skirt arranging and the operatic trauma drama ended quickly and calm was restored. At least until I cleaned the litter box in preparation for trash pickup tomorrow and the next act began. Little girl had a lot to say tonight.