random thoughts - Day 2,003 (Wednesday) - sofa, so good

The living room now has a sofa. I was the ninth delivery of the day, and it arrived around 1:45 this afternoon. The feet were attached and the sofa was placed in the designated space along the area rug that had been shifted three or four times in the past two days. 

During light conversation with the delivery team I learned it was the last stop of the day and their next destination was lunch at Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, which they highly recommend. We also chatted about other local popular restaurants Duguay's and Gardner Ale House and then they were gone. They also informed me the feet on the couch have rubber pieces to keep it from sliding. 

New sofa, slightly angled.

The rest of the afternoon was consumed by rearranging the living room rug and furniture for the umpteenth time. The sofa has been moved three times, using a combination walk / hip check maneuver. It was parallel to the back wall. It was sharply angled to be parallel to the TV. It is currently slightly angled towards the TV. The area rug has moved in tandem with the sofa. 

The armchair, continuing its recent grand tour of the living room, is in its third location for today, and it's 27th variation since arriving. While sitting on the sofa tonight and looking at the TV and the armchair, a fourth sofa location option has been developed. The merits of repositioning the sofa (and the rug) tonight or waiting until morning are currently being debated. 

Desk in the living/dining room.

The bookcase that was in the living room is now in the guest room. The desk, relocated today from the guest room to the living room, is in its second placement. It fits. I'm not sure I love it there, but the options are few. It feels a little wobbly but I can't find the Allen wrench used to reassemble it one or two weeks ago to tighten it up. 

For the record, it is infinitely more comfortable typing at the desk with a keyboard and mouse than being crunched in the armchair with the laptop balanced in my lap as I cramped up into a semi-permanent pretzel pose as it has been for the past five weeks.

The console, temporarily shoved in the dining area to facilitate the sofa delivery, is back against the far wall of the open concept living / dining room / entryway where it will likely stay. Crystal glassware still covers the dining room table because I wasn't able to attach the mirror to the console. It weighs a ton and I can't for the life of me figure out how I attached it by myself at the house in Tennessee. Until the mirror is attached, the crystal can't go back into the console and there can be no eating at the table. But, the table situation resulted in the clearing of a spot of the kitchen counter with the stools to allow for eating like a grownup, so that is another sliver of progress. 

The constant furniture rearranging of the past couple weeks feels like a total body workout and I may need to continue the activity purely for the physical benefits. It's certainly less expensive than joining a gym.