so, it's not first thing in the morning but it is pretty early. it's snowing, though only flurries. but the library isn't open on mondays so we'll try for photos tomorrow. the news of the hour is my new bed. it's very exciting. matt and his brother delivered it yesterday. nate thinks i should have bought a frame as it's on my father's tab. truly, i didn't even consider buying a frame. that's how classy i am. the mattress and box-spring on the floor is a step up. it's like having a real bedroom in a real grown-up apartment.
yesterday was very much like playing house for me. i was simmering spaghetti sauce* and baking cookies** when the menfolk arrived with the heavy stuff. except for the part when i fell in the heating vent. just the one leg so no need to worry. just a reminder that indeed, i will never be a grown-up. grown-ups don't step into huge holes and break hundred year old houses. not traditionally anyway.
the new bed is really soft, but firm. and high. eee gads with the high. matt is going to put together a temporary frame, so the vent i fell in will get some circulation and it'll be even higher. and then he's going to build me a bed. i've requested shaker style which pleased him because apparently it's very easy. so he'll have plenty of time to pray and shake and invent selling seeds in packets.*** he even has the trees he's going to cut to build the bed all planned out. he couldn't be any more maine. he just couldn't.


*when you use fresh tomatoes it seems you can't add too much sugar. i thought i added too much but i was wrong. you can't add too much.
**sarah should note that matt is ups-ing you cookies as i type so you should have them sooner than ye olde poste officee (it seems you can't add too many e's to pretend old style british spelling either!).
***genuine fact.