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The movers/handymen just left, after putting up three sets of curtain rods, with curtains. This required help because of the extremely high ceilings. Cattitude can use a ladder to change lightbulbs, but this was a two-person task.
They also brought three bookcases back with them, and Adrian, who was at the storage unit supervising, came home in a Lyft with a few more boxes and bags. One of those was the backpack I'd bought in Seattle, hadn't seen in years, and vaguely thought had been lost in transit somewhere.
We had slightly misjudged the space where we were going to put one of the bookcases, so we had the guys put that bookcase out of the way while they hung the curtains. While they did that, we unloaded a slightly narrower (and lighter) bookcase, put it in the just-too-narrow space where we'd thought the other would fit, and had the movers put the "new" bookcase where that one had been. Cattitude has now finished shimming the just-moved bookcases, and Adrian is taking the opportunity to sort books.
They also brought three bookcases back with them, and Adrian, who was at the storage unit supervising, came home in a Lyft with a few more boxes and bags. One of those was the backpack I'd bought in Seattle, hadn't seen in years, and vaguely thought had been lost in transit somewhere.
We had slightly misjudged the space where we were going to put one of the bookcases, so we had the guys put that bookcase out of the way while they hung the curtains. While they did that, we unloaded a slightly narrower (and lighter) bookcase, put it in the just-too-narrow space where we'd thought the other would fit, and had the movers put the "new" bookcase where that one had been. Cattitude has now finished shimming the just-moved bookcases, and Adrian is taking the opportunity to sort books.
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I wish I were hanging out with you all on this festive evening!
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The alarm is a combination of piercing noises and bright, flashing lights, designed to make sure everyone hears/sees the alarm and leaves the building. Between that and the flashing lights and strobes on the emergency vehicles, Adrian and I had to go around the corner to Comm Ave so she could avoid them. Once the fire engines were gone, we went home, because she said she could deal with that kind of flashing light, but I found the noise difficult enough that I grabbed a water bottle and went back outside for a bit.
However, that's over, the cats have forgiven us, and we've had a nice dinner (pasta, with home-made vegetarian pasta sauce we made and froze a while ago).
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That sounds like a very annoying interlude! I'm glad it's over and the cats forgave you.
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I was going to take the T home, but did not feel up to navigating both unfamiliar connections with my hands full. And as long as I was going to take a Lyft, I might as well bring a few more boxes (though not heavy ones), and thus did I discover the purple backpack in the bottom of the crushed box. When I do my own packing, I put clothes inside luggage and label it something like "winter clothes," in the unlikely event it gets a label at all. When professionals pack, they put clothes and boots and luggage and other stuff all together in a box and label it something like "hall closet."
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as you should
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