moving!

i woke up early early early (like, weekday early) to help ch move today. yesterday jack helped him move his boxes (because jack owes him since ch moved jack last year [and since jack was going to the gay rodeo today and wouldn't be available]) so there was only the furnature to move. i of course am mostly useless when it comes to carrying furnature down steps. (or up them, for that matter) i am very small and weak, and i can't drive, HOWEVER, i am still good for moving. the main reasons are: (and i am now changing this run on sentence into outline form:)

I. i'm inspiring.
a. i show up (late) in a little white sundress with strawberries and
b. i am full of boundless energy, because
1. playing house is FUN and
2. i didn't get up as early as everyone else
3. i don't have to carry anything heavy up and down the steps.
II. i have good spatial relations skills
a. joe says the lesbians always boss everyone around about how to best fit it all in the truck, but it wasn't really an issue because since the boxes were already moved we didn't have to work very hard at fitting the furnature in
b. i can visualize the bamboo mat on top of the cd rack, and
c. the litter box BEHIND the mirror
d. i know were things should go to be useful in the kitchen.
III. what i lack in strength, i make up for in elbow grease.
a. i'm a good cleaner. once we got to the new place, ch sent me to the independent hardware store 2 blocks away to get more paper towels, and i bought shelf paper, too. i was so excited, because i've been dying to go to the CRAFTY BEAVER. isn't that the best hardware store name ever? well, i climbed on top of the counter to wipe down the top of the cupboards, and discover them covered with goo. like, a 1/16" thick layer of cooking greese covered with a years worth of dusk. NASTY NASTY NASTY. my papertowels and bathroom cleaner are NOT gonna do it. so i go back to the crafty beaver and by scissors to cut the shelf paper, and simple green, and rags and a scrubbie. it was really really gross, but there was that feeling of satisfaction- the color change was pretty amazing. so then i laid down the shelf paper and unpacked the whole kitchen and hung curtains and put books on shelves and unwrapped tchochkies and took boxes out to the dumpster and labeled the mailbox and doorbell and was generally useful.

so ch is almost completely unpacked. pretty amazing. it was danny's birthday, so we all walked to sushi in andersonville for dinner to celebrate that. then i came home and decided it was too late to do laundry, so i paid my bills and listened to my podcasts. one of the bills i paid was for my class at actors gymnasium, so as long as nothing horrible happens i will be learning how to tightrope walk, unicycle, and swing on a trapeeze! i am so excited.