Monday after work, I took the super awesome free water ferry to Ikea Brooklyn. Yipee!!
I went there to take a further leap into adulthood by purchasing myself a) a garlic press b) a desk for my room. I am quite pleased with my desk purchase:
While there, I also had the insight that I would need a desk chair as well. I love the super cute, quite comfy pink one I got (as seen above) but failed to realize that it would not fit under the desk. too bad. but it will work out.While there, fortunately, I also remembered the SERIOUS need that my new sofa that I love so so much had for throw pillows, so I got some. And they're pretty awesome:
. Here's a close-up of just the pillow:
(I'm also going to take this moment to point out all the lovely sunlight in my apartment --happy sigh--).So I carried my desk (which is technically a dining room table that folds in half), chair, throw pillows, garlic press, and tupperware set to the ferry, across the bottom half of Manhattan to the subway and then the 2 blocks from the subway to my apartment and up the three flights of stairs to my home. I assembled the chair and desk, felt sufficiently pleased with myself and went to sleep.
At 2:30 am I got a call from a friend who needed to go to the emergency room. (it's too bad that I'm not still reading Twilight or I would have still been awake.) I will not share any info about my friend and her medical maladies because it's not my place to share her story on my blog. Sufficient to say-- the EMTs were useless (I ended up carrying all their stuff AND helping my friend down the stairs and into the ambulance). Also, having now having experienced another emergency room, my opinion that Allen Pavilion is the best er in the city holds even more true. We did manage to get some giggling about boys done, despite the inopportune local; and despite her severe pain, my oral reading of the introduction to "Don Quixote" did put her to sleep. I left at 7:30 when the crisis was passed and she was waiting for the specialist to come in. (She's fine now, just fyi).
I headed home with the plan to sleep 90 minutes before going to work.
But then, for the FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE, I decided to call in and tell them I wasn't coming. It was a bit unnerving, but empowering. I figured I had so much to do at home (especially with my new desk set up and all) that I'd have a chance to get a lot done.
So after sleeping in until 2, I made what I considered to be a very reasonable to-do list:
exercise
study scriptures
taxes
thank you note x3
write 2 hours
use eggplant
Of the above, the only thing I got done was exercising. But I did go to the drug store for my friend's prescription and that always take longer than you'd expect. And I did make an impromptu St. Patrick's Day dinner for my roommate and I. It was my first year EVER not having a big party, but I am having a rather antisocial, low-energy stage right now and didn't want to be bothered. But I guess Amelia and I had a party for two. And i did listen to my St. Patrick's Day CD while cooking. So my celebrating needs have been satiated. And if there is anything yummier than cabbage and potatoes stewed in vinegar, I don't know what that thing is. Yum!
Is this post dragging? Okay, I'll abbreviate-- I was supposed to go to a crepe party that evening, but I was too tired. I called my mom at 9:30 saying something like this: "boo hoo. i'm so tired and i haven't accomplished anything today even though I took the day off from work. I want to go eat crepes with my friends but i'm too tired. boo hoo." She sent me to bed immediately, which I obeyed, falling asleep with makeup on and contacts in listening to "Lord, Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace" in lieu of scripture study. I slept peacefully and happily with a cool breeze from the fan blowing over me, anticipating all the exciting things I'll do with my new desk. --happy sigh---
1 comment:
the crepes missed you, but i'm SO glad you finally got some down time!
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