Where did I put Wednesday? I’m sure I was entitled to one this week but seem to have misplaced it. Oh well, no big deal, I’ve got loads more of them coming up.
Tap water is ‘potable’ but hard, so hard in fact that I don’t think my hair actually gets wet and I had to use so much conditioner in it this morning that I’ll run out soon. Good thing I’ll be making one more trip back. Will start a list of things to buy upon return.
The yard and cherry grove show the signs of a very harsh summer. Hope they recover. And contrary to what I believed, the elementary school is not ‘in the neighborhood’ it is in fact directly across the street. It appears to start at 8hr and end at 16hr. There also appears to be a constant stream of kids coming and going all day long. They’re noisy and it sounds nice to hear their voices, even if I can’t understand them. They’re so far off and the babble sounds like kid babble anywhere.
Had some bacon (?) and eggs for breakfast. The bacon is well not so much Oscar Meyer-ish as extremely thin slices of well marbled actual ham. Would not crisp up, but was delicious none the less.
Ok, the unpacking begins or continues. Set Precious up in the large kitchen and put in a movie. What movie doesn’t matter as it’s just for background noise really.
So far the unpacking is like working a puzzle. You know those square ones made of a bunch of little squares where one square is empty and you move the pieces to their appropriate place by judicious use of the blank one. What are those called, I know they have a name. Anyway, that’s what the unpacking is like. I’m trying to start in the kitchen, unpacking dishes, linens, etc. but running out of places to put things, no cabinets to speak of here. So then move on to dining room to make room but need to move some boxes out of there into the living room (the living room will be last.) trying not to trip over open suitcases that have no hope of being emptied for a few days anyway. And so it goes move this out so I can put that there, so this will fit here, on and on. Either that or my ADD is kicking in and I’m just not able to focus on any one project. Too close to tell.
I have many companions though, there seems to be a wide variety of eight legged creatures. I’ve seen them in every size and color. Spider webs in every corner of every room. They can stay for now, but only because I haven’t unpacked the broom yet and the vacuum cleaner won’t arrive until Monday.
Now, here’s a funny thing, the front door has three dead bolt locks on it, however, the windows in each room are large enough to walk an elephant through and they have no screens. Quite secure, yes?
It’s true though, that all the windows have stout working shutters but if I close the shutters no breeze comes in. (And neither do the flies, and that would starve my spider friends) I thank god I didn’t have to be here during the hot summer when it would have been necessary to keep the shutters closed. Though the shutters in concert with the thick walls keep the darkened rooms quite cool I need light. I worry that my cat acquaintance could just hop right in through one of the windows to explore. There are actually leaves blowing in through my bedroom window, leaves! I’ve got to find that broom. (I wonder if I could train the spiders to weave across the windows?)
The day is overcast though and every once in a while the breeze brings in the smell of slightly, grudgingly dampened earth. Not enough moisture to be called rain but enough to remind us that it still knows how.
By the end of the day have managed to unpack 8 big kitchen boxes and have stacked the resulting paper mountain and empty boxes in the garage for removal by the moving company who will be delivering the air shipment on Monday.
A new cat friend has visited me on bedroom window sill. He ran when I spoke to him about his bandaged friend and asked after his own health. Oh well, have to wonder how much further he’d have come if it weren’t for my intrusion.
Will sleep like a log (til about 1hr when I will spring out of bed as if I had sense. Time adjustment will be tough without a schedule to pin me down) Have soreness where previously muscles were, maybe they’ll return. (Muscles, not soreness)
Note to self: Re-evaluate book collection. Reaching point of ridiculous.
P.S. Ditto movie and CD collections.
P.P.S. Bowels very unhappy, still not king.
