Scribbles

Today's the day.  Since arriving early Tuesday morning here in NY, I've been shopping for furniture and household items.  Today, they all arrive, bed, mattress, bookshelves, desks, drawers, even a plastic shoe rack.  One huge logistical annoyance of living in a big building is having to pre-reserve the cargo elevator.  And when there are 50+ floors with 7-10 units per floor, finding an open slot takes some planning ahead.  Not like the wait made any difference, most places I bought stuff from wouldn't deliver same day anyways, despite promising to (Container Store).  Somehow I managed to get everything coming in today, the first day they could possibly deliver, and by happenstance, the first day I could reserve the elevator.  And all the stores give me four, even five hour windows for delivery, just perfect for planning your day.  (Didn't Kramer pull one on the cable guy?)  Of course none of them completely overlap with the three hour window reserved for the elevator.  Hopefully that won't be a problem.  The mattress came this morning around 9 (outside my window of 12-3pm) without a hitch.

So here I am, stranded home, eagerly awaiting my furniture.  I really need it too, a bed to sleep on, a desk to work on, and the bookshelves so I can unpack my boxes.  I still haven't ordered my TV yet… just too many issues involved right now, such as finding the right placement to fit with my flatmate's living room design, not to mention a good retail store where I can see the TV I have in mind.  Which is a shame, since during my downtime I've been watching DVDs on a laptop, and missed the World Championship Basketball game where US just dropped out of Gold-medal contention.

In summary, shopping and waiting for furniture is a pain in the ass.  The week shopping, sleeping on the couch, and dealing with unexpected East-West coast jet lag has been exhausting.  Good thing I can rant about it here.