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The Man and I are traveling this week. Just an overnighter to help a friend’s daughter move from her parents’ house to a deluxe apartment in the sky in a big city about six hours away from us. We’ll be traveling by cargo van, and staying in a moderately priced hotel, with a quick trip to IKEA the following morning, and hopefully returning home with a new couch.

I know, luxurious, right?

It’s no honeymoon, but I know we’ll still have a good time. We like spending time together, even while working or doing menial tasks, and he actually loves to drive. I can’t wait to hit IKEA, one of the things I miss most about living up north. When the closest one is six hours away, you appreciate it so much more.

And I can’t wait to have a couch! We’ve been sitting in chairs every evening, and even though The Man loves his recliner, I’m ready to relax, and stretch out.

We’ll mix a little work with a little fun, and my parents will stay with The Boy – a little changeup to our routine. Enough to make it interesting, but not too much to throw us off. This is the life. 🙂

As we unpacked the house, our fourth bedroom became the dumping ground for stuff that couldn’t find a home in any other room, primarily because it was going to be our “office”, and lacked carpet. This past weekend, we finally laid some carpet down, and to do so, we had to take out all the boxes that had collected there over the previous week. This left our den (our primary hang-out spot) such a mess that it was a priority to get into that office again and start to unpack and organize. It was a daunting task, and frankly, I was dreading it.

But it needed to be done, and last night, I started sorting music, and other stuff into piles. And since I don’t yet have a job, I continued chipping away this morning. Almost immediately, I realized I needed something to house my piles. I do have a few desk drawers, but they were no match for my piles of tutoring books, teaching materials, and music. My mom and I popped over to Lowe’s and picked up a Closetmaid 9-cube storage piece, and when I returned home, put it together and put it up, and continued busting it out.

I’m almost done, and truthfully, I am now pretty excited to have my own little space. I did have a desk at the old house, but I never used it because it was in the dark, stinky basement. This one is actually a nice place to hang out, and I like it.