WE HAVE AN OFFICE!

Ed and I took on a “home improvement” project this weekend. We are converting our walk in closet (4 by 6 feet) into an office. This not our main closet and it had become a little bit of store-all for clothes and other crap that we chose not to deal with (or with which we chose not to deal for you grammar police out there). I wish I took a picture of the before with all the contents in it. I thought of it after the closet was cleared, but I don’t think it has the same effect. It was becoming a junk collecting room. Anyway, we headed with to IKEA with Grandma’s Christmas money and a list of items that I found while thumbing through Tonya’s IKEA catalog last weekend (and who says I wasn’t helping while Tonya and Ed assembled her IKEA furniture???) and purchased: a rug, a desk, a 3 drawer organizer, a light fixture, a curtain rod and fabric to create the curtain, a lamp, fake flowers and a vase, pillows and cases for my “reading area” and a desk-top organizer. I was having a blast; Ed felt like crap and parked himself on a chair. That was Saturday. Sunday we went back to IKEA to return an impromptu purchase (can’t make it through IKEA without that) of a dish rack that simply did not work with our cabinets and limited counter space. We also bought the clothes racks and were eyeing a desk chair until Ed remembered he had one in storage. That saved us $100!

Sunday I came home and got to work on moving things out of the closet. We began to assemble things, but hit a few roadblocks—wrong kind of light fixture and wrong type of curtain rod. We went over to the hardware store across the street and got a new rod, but this time I was done. So I decided we would leave it and begin next weekend. BUT! Ed had yesterday off and surprised me by putting everything together and assembling it all. It looks so awesome!! I will post pictures. YAY! We have an—albeit really tiny—office!!

So what else happened this weekend? I had a near catastrophe with dying my hair. I rectified it though. It turned out too dark. So I went back and bought a highlighting kit. My hair is a dark/reddish blond with some highlights. I got lots of compliments on the color on Monday at work. I fully believe in dying your hair at home. You just can’t be afraid.

Ed has been sick. Missed two days of work last week. He was having trouble breathing because he was so congested. He got an appointment for 7:30 p.m. on Sat. at urgent care. We were there for 4 hours. I do not lie—we didn’t get home until midnight after leaving at 6:30. If it is possible to die of boredom, I would be dead right now. I read by book, I watched the TV, we even escaped to Dunkin Donuts. I was in more pain than Ed. I realize that I am pathetic and whiny, but patience is not a strength of mine—it was torture by way of boredom.

Turns out he has bronchitis. His anger continues towards the two co-workers who were really sick the week before and insisted on being martyrs and staying at work. He figures he has spent around $75 in medicines and appointments. I told him he should try to get reimbursed from them. J

Sunday I met my friend Stephanie for a free Mozart concert at the National Gallery. It was this fantastic string quartet from Belgium. So enjoyable! And free! I love DC!