Bleachy II

[rebeccmeister]

Yesterday's stuck-truck saga put me behind schedule on moving projects, so I wound up taking today off to continue. The gas man is coming tomorrow, so I had cold breakfast and no coffee. But at least, unlike Villa Maria, the electricity is on. Nothing like a little perspective sometimes, eh?

Firsr I biked over to Target, as it seems like the most appropriate place to acquire household goods in the Midwest.  I'd been thinking about getting one of those futon couches, but decided to postpone that purchase for now. Instead, I spent all my birthday money on an air filter. I woke up this morning with mildew fumes lingering and a nasty taste in the back of my mouth. Seemed pricey for a pair of filters and a fan, but it's definitely helping with air quality in the little bedroom.

In the early afternoon, I bleached the walls of the living room and mentally empathized with obsessive-compulsive people. That's two rooms down, five to go, if hallways all count as a room.

This place has some beautiful elements, although it hasn't aged completely gracefully.  I could live pretty contentedly in just half of the total space (I don't have anything in the living room or big bedroom at the moment), but it seems like a genteel sort of place, which distinguishes it greatly from the poor, dumpy, stuffy Villa Maria house, which was never that great to begin with.

This place also has a luxurious cast-iron bathtub.

I just hope the pesticide and mildew issues work out. One room at a time. And boy am I glad to have only pared-down belongings during this period while I'm shuffling between the rooms.