Tomorrow I am finally going to Ikea to buy three more bookcases with glass doors. Then I can unpack the rest of my books and craft supplies. For the first time in over a year the floor of the library won’t be covered in boxes. Yippee! I’m going with my Dad. I called to ask if I could switch my car for his mini-van tomorrow afternoon and he said yes. I knew he has never been to Ikea so I asked if he wanted to come and he said yes. Hopefully he’ll help me carry the boxes upstairs too. I may even get Mom’s kitchen table moved over to my place. Ooh, I can probably get him to put up the new curtain rods I bought for the bathroom. I theoretically know how to do it, but it is just so much easier to have Dad do it.
I’m quite excited about this. I’m slowing getting my place together. Once the library is unpacked I can paint the kitchen table. Then I’d like to paint some walls. All the walls except for the library and my walk-in closet are standard apartment off-white. The library is pink. Not my first choice, but it doesn’t bother me much. I painted the closet before I moved in. It is stark white. I’m so glad I did it because it was very scuffed and dingy. I want to paint the dining room area an olive-y green, the rest of the room tan, and the kitchen yellow. I’d love to go formal in the dining area by adding some ceiling molding and a chair rail, but since it forms an L with the living room and there is no boundary between them I have to keep it simple.
Once I get a few things decorated and the few remaining boxes unpacked I’ll finally host the Friday poker game. That will be a nice size crowd to test my hostess skills. We usually have between 7 -12 players and only light snacks are put out with some beer and soda, most players BYOB. I never had the house warming I intended to have. I moved and then immediately plunged into the depression I’m still struggling out of. If that goes well I’ll have to have a girls game night.
I need to remember to bring my camera to the game tonight. I’m up to share a photo spread for one of my projects next Friday. Most people have collaged 9 – 12 photos onto a PowerPoint slide for the virtual share. Since the project members are scattered all over the world we’ve had one share per week. Now it’s my turn. How do I show people who I am with a handful of pictures. I could fill up the whole thing with pics of my nephews, but I want to try and get an accurate and current grouping of shots. I’ll definitely include the sushi costume. I want to include Friday poker night. I do that just about every week. But a large part of my current life is utterly separate from work. I have only told real friends at work about this blog. I’m not going to talk about OA. That pretty much leaves me with my family, my friends, and my possessions. I’ll have to troll through my photos. At least with my scanner I can include a picture of my Mom.
Okay, something I read over at Apartment 2024 had me curious about Match.com. I wondered how many guys in my area were online looking for relationships. I am not looking. Really. I am not. But I’m feeling hopeful that I will be looking down the road. Maybe my clock is finally ticking. Anyway, it is free to sign up so I’m doing it. I’m not going to post a picture so I shouldn’t show up on anyone’s radar. Actually, I think I saw someone I know on the site but I have to sign up to see the profile and check. I’m having trouble coming up with a nickname. Dodi is taken and Aunt Dodi probably sends the wrong message. Not that I want to send a message, but it might lead someone back here, so not that one. CrazyDodi, CraftyDodi, DodiDepressed, DodiTheWeird, and MediocreDodi just don’t a good ring. I think I’ll go with SimplyDodi. If I want to sign up for real some time I’ll come up with a better name. What!?! I’m just curious! Shut up and leave me alone. Jeez.
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