Slowly Rearranging the House to Get Ready for the Fall. Garage Emptying. Thankful That Chitunga Came For a Visit

Sundays are meant as catch-up days. I knew Chitunga was coming, so I began cleaning the house in anticipation of rearranging some furniture, including the generous table-gift from Dan and Beth to replace the dining room set Chitunga took for his apartment. It is/was definitely too heavy for me to lift on my own, and I needed his help, which he graciously provided. 

The trick, however, is that it didn't fit through the sliding glass doors, even after we took off the bumpers, and then when we brought it around to the front, it missed the front door by 1/4th inch so we had to take the door off. We got to work, though, despite Karallyne's uber excitement to see her brother and the fact that an open door meant she could run after dogs and walkers traveling by. 

Needless to say, Karal was on punishment and wasn't allowed to go with us to Kris and Dave's for dinner (which was the usual deliciousness that it always is). Tunga and I made a salad and grilled vegetables, as well as brought store potato salad.

I also manage to hit send on what I hope to be final edits for a February publication, and began putting some of the piles of books away onto shelves (although I'm running out of book cases to store all the books coming my way). 

Karal doesn't seem to mind that she was at the head of the Mt. Pleasant shit-list this past Sunday, simply falling back to her 1-year old puppy normalcy. The absolute spasticity she shows around Chitunga is absurd. She's out-of-control with love for the kid....well, man.

Okay, Monday. I see you. I'm wiping sleep out of my eyes and drinking coffee. The frigid temperatures arrived and we're definitely no longer with summer. And I predict I'll regret moving as I did yesterday, but I'm beyond thrilled and thankful to have the help.

Lawn is mowed. House rearranged. New ideas ahead. Adulthood. Who'd of ever guessed it would all be this way? But we're getting it done.