Mom is here today to help me out with some packing, and Staples came through on some boxes. So, I'm a little calmer today, although I have a dentist appointment so not too calm.

I come to sing my wife's praises. My birthday present this year: in August, I will be seeing David Attenborough at the Regent Theatre for his presentation, A Life on Earth.

Listening to this man is quite possibly the only show I would describe as a once in a lifetime occasion. And I'm going in August.

how lovely! what a wonderful wife you have! :-)

Thanks for the thoights. I slept mostly well until I woke up with a mouth full of bile and had to deal with the pain before going back to sleep.

The drive to the parking area was okay but I tried to listen to Sense and Sensibility but goy pissed at the sis in law talking the half brother out of giving the girls money and had to stop. I had never read the book or seen an adaptation.

Then the GPS took me off the interstate for a weird detoir before putting me back on. Training is going well though.

Not only does she seem wonderful, she gets you. in my experience, that's the rare part.

Omnis:

And I'm not one to make the bed. Seems easier/faster to tuck it up when company comes.

Pix:

I think, Omnis, you might just want to make the bed when company is coming. Duvets and throw pillows make it easy.

A nice fluffy comforter (duvet? I think they are the same thing) covers a multitude of not bothering to get the sheets straight sins.

billytea

I come to sing my wife's praises.

And we shall join in on the chorus. She is indeed praise-worthy.

askye, anti-stress~ma for you. Wacky GPS system....

bonny, that's a perfectly cromulent visualization. Ginger, you are in my thoughts, and sometimes my thoughts look a bit like this, or like erika's story.

sj, I don't think anyone finds packing an easy thing to do. I don't have any advice for you, though. I'm sure in the end you will get it figured out.

O-a, you might want to check out Apartment Therapy to get ideas for utilizing furniture in small spaces. yeah, they have some crazy-expensive things in some of their posts, but I've gotten some GREAT deco/solution ideas from their site.

I'd search studio apartments there, even though I don't THINK you're getting a a studio (need more coffee) but looking at what others have done in studios or teeny apartments can give you some great ideas.

askye, much -ma to you!

Yeah, I'm a big fan of duvet with cover, and no flat sheet. It's a little hassle when you wash the cover to put it back on, but that's less than the daily hassle of straightening sheets. Then all you have to do is flop the duvet on the bed and it's more or less made.

I have at times gotten rid of both fitted and flat sheets, and slept between two quilts. Totally comfy. Who said the only way to make a bed was with those sheets, anyway?

I think, Omnis, you might just want to make the bed when company is coming. Duvets and throw pillows make it easy.

Du-whah? ::snerk:: I dunno. As a guy, won't I loose a lot of 'man-points' having a duvet? ::/snerk::

Erin, what is this Apartment Therapy you speak of?