Woohoo! The crate with all of our earthly possessions arrived today, and I have already emptied the contents into the apartment. Apart from some minor mishaps involving a spilled bottle of ink (my hands are currently blue), all the items inside seem to have weathered their journey pretty well. True, the furniture has a few more nicks and scratches than it did when I last saw it, but that just adds character. Now that I have checked up on the electronics, the fragile knick-knacks (of which we have not one but several boxes, God help us), and my precious precious CD collection to make sure that it all survived, it's time to play my favorite game: try to reassemble the furniture. I have already made my opening moves, but I may have to rethink them as I am almost certain that the IKEA bed frame is meant to end up rectangular rather than isohedral. I wish we had thought to pack the instruction manual.
In other awesome news, the apartment now has internet access, so no more having to schlep the computer over to coffeehouses, no more buying tea or coffee just so I can check my email, and no more saving up all my stories for big long blog posts. Expect shorter entries, more punch, more zip, and a whole hell of a lot less organization. Huzza!
2 comments:
We don't need no stinking instructions!! Also
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html#3
I've been not very good at keeping up with all your blogging, I am on a mission tonight to read them all.... so I like the idea of short sweet and with a punch :-)
Karin
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