September 27, 2003
Let's Just Say I Won't Quit My Day Job
Last night I purposefully didn't make plans so I could stay home, relax, catch up on some fun reading and get to bed early. Around 7:00p, I lost my mind and decided that assembling furniture was a good idea (see my post from Wednesday, September 24 for other "good ideas" I've had recently). I had purchased a night stand to place by my husband's side of the bed -- a nice, clean, mission-style night stand. While I have a night stand on my side of the bed (left over from law school), he's never had one and has been using a bar stool (yes it looks weird, but it works). At any rate, I found this night stand on Target's website, and ordered it.
I have assembled furniture before, and furniture much larger than a night stand, at that, so I wasn't daunted by this project. I laid out the pieces on the living room floor and again discovered how difficult it is to do anything on the floor when you have a dog who likes to "help" out. I managed to assemble some of it, and was feeling pretty good about myself when I took a break to eat some dinner. When I returned, I hit a snag. It seems I had been using a screwdriver that was one size too small for the screws I was using. Of course, we don't own the size of screwdriver I needed (well, we probably do, but my husband hid it before he left and I will never find it without a map from the internet and a search team -- thanks babe). I gave up my attempt at "manual labor" and read my book and went to bed, vowing to finish it today, with the appropriate tools.
I am happy to report that this morning I procured a #2 screwdriver (who knew there were so many different sizes of screwdrivers and how did I miss this crucial information while growing up?), along with some new fall clothes (I love Ann Taylor Loft) and a salad for lunch (yum). I've been working away at the night stand, in between loads of laundry, and have made some progress. I still have one screw that won't cooperate, but haven't we all had that problem at some point? (sorry -- couldn't resist).
I hope to finish the night stand this afternoon and will then meet up with my friend Robert for dinner. I'm taking him to Nola, a restaurant owned by Emeril in the Quarter. It is a thank you for letting my book club invade his beautiful home on Wednesday. It should be tasty, and much cheaper than paying for his therapy sessions.
Posted by Kitty at September 27, 2003 02:15 PM
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