Good point, Jesse. WHEW.

I'm jealous of your Embassy/Passport adventures, Jesse! Dang, some things I miss from DC.

This morning, as my friend was driving us to go walk around the lake, I noticed someone else's car tabs that expire in March. And remembered that mine always expire in March. But I didn't remember doing them this year. Had I done it in like, February and already forgotten? When I came home I looked at my car. Nope. Totally expired over a month ago now. Oops.

Unpacking continues apace. I just broke down all the boxes I have unpacked and have a huge pile. I still have the majority of the kitchen and my bookcases to pack and move. I'm having to let go of my two HUGE bookcases. I just don't have room plus there are some built in cases (not as much shelf space). It feels SO WRONG to give them up. While there is more square footage here, it is mostly adding a third bedroom. I love my living room, but there is less storage space.

Right now I'm stumped on how to deal with my DVD collection. I had been using some shelves I had gotten from Ikea and, again, those won't fit in the new house but there is a built in cabinet next to the tv that is very deep and has one shelf. I'm sure I can pile my DVDs in there, but would lose any sense of order (yes, I have kept them alphabetized and I hate the idea of no order).

Suzi, what about baskets, or boxes, or have someone handy build you "drawers"--just open boxes you can tack glides on the bottom in the corners. If the shelf openings are tall enough to stand a dvd in, you can build the drawer boxes wide enough to stand the dvd cases in, and long enough to occupy the entire depth of the shelf. If the shelf opening is too short for dvds to stand in, build the boxes wide enough to set the dvd cases in, spines up. Put as many deep dvd drawer-boxes next to each other as the width of the shelf allows. Organize each box, and there's your collection, easy to access, and easy to find what you're looking for. Just a thought.

An email went out here at work about a set of keys found in the east elevator shaft. Which only amps up my anxiety about dropping my ID card down that gap.

Timelies all!

Apparently, Agatha Christie's 125th birthday is this year. The closing tea at Malice Domestic had that as a theme, and everybody got a copy of the Poirot novel that recently came out.(obviously written by a different writer)

Beverly - that is what I will likely end up doing. I don't have anyone handy nearby, but it could be a project I take on once we are fully moved in and I'm ready for a new project (gotta finish my afghan project first - that got put on hold for the move).

For now I'm going to just stack them in there and try not to be too OCD about them getting all mixed up. I just want to empty these two boxes and break them down. Once I have those done I think I only have one more box upstairs to empty. K-Bug is bringing more things over tomorrow. We are trying to shift as much as possible, car load by car load between now and the 17th, which is when we plan on renting another uhaul to move their beds and anything else that is left. We don't have to be out of the apartment until June 14th, but my goal is to turn in keys by the end of May. The overlap is nice as we can take out time and set things up the way we really want but dragging it out is frustrating. I keep forgetting to bring over a knife and pots/pans.

Oh shit -- I just got into my work email, and come to find out I'm going to San Francisco for donor meetings on Wednesday. I'd really better get to scrubbing the henna off my hand!

Your making me want to go to Malice Domestic, Sheryl.

Upon arriving at Union Station, my train car was a clusterfuck of clueless people getting in everyone else's way. I was muttering impatiently under my breath because I had to pee and I just wanted to get off the train and get home to run errands since it's supposed to rain later. A woman who had just blocked the aisle FOR NO REASON whipped her head around and demanded, "Was that for me?" I was confused and said, "Was what for you?" Apparently I had muttered "Jesus Christ" when she'd blocked the path to freedom for the nth time, and I guess I'd offended her with my rudeness. I'm sure she will be bad mouthing me later.