Unpacking and sorting

I heard the alarm but did not get up. My back was still hurting. Chris came back to take a shower and get dressed. Then I got up. I drank 2 cups of water (because 4 were too heavy) and read e-mail. I saw a browser window open to a video on making storage out of cardboard. I unpacked desk items items and sorted them into drawers. All items should have been in bags but some were loose, so I went through all the paper to make sure I found everything. I also went through a lot of paper that came from the sewing room to make sure no small items had escaped. I called Nela to say I would not be able to volunteer at the school today – she had asked yesterday and I had said yes, for an hour, but I had to 'back' out. I stood outside in my nightgown and bare feet for 2 minutes to harden to the cold. I moved items from one room to another, wondering why kitchen items were in boxes with sewing stuff. I found an empty plastic bag that I think held my mother-in-laws pressing ham. Where's the ham? That's my real beef. A lady knocked on the door, looking for the new family. I directed her next door. One box held a coffee maker, plungers, shoulder pads, fabrics bags from my sewing room, a large bag of diatomaceous earth, etc. It was marked trashcan, linens. These things were not 'packed' in the box, they were tossed in haphazardly. I did not find a trashcan in there. I did find some Christmas CD's in a trashcan that was unpacked yesterday. I played one and laid down on the couch. When I got up, I checked e-mail, then opened a box and found quilts. I opened the black chest to put the quilts in, but it smelled strongly of … urine? Ugh. I pulled loaner items from the dishwasher. I listened to an audio while preparing breakfast. The audio went into a hypnosis session so I paused it thinking Chris was coming home for lunch soon. But he did not come home until almost one. After he ate lunch, I laid down and he rubbed arnica on my back and plugged in the heating pad for me. I stayed in bed and almost fell asleep. Then I turned off the pad and came back to the kitchen to eat a pomegranate. I worked in the sewing room, unpacking the last box and distributing the items amongst the rooms. I worked in the kitchen, too, trying to make sense of where things should be. I made peg board from a dishpack box, and secured it to the side of the shelving unit next to my sewing desk. I loaded the shelving unit that the TV sits on with DVD's and video tapes until it was full. I did not know what to do with the remaining ones.
I called Chris at 5 and asked him to bring home some light bulbs. The light in the sewing room was awfully dim after dusk. I looked at maqui powder on Swansons and Amazon, trying to find the best price. Chris came home and made his supper. I made a salad. I looked at videos on making things from cardboard and twisted paper strips. Amazing things, and I have the paper and cardboard to do it! Then we sat on the couch to watch the last episode of Sharpe, or at least, the last one we have. We watched as the English defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. After that, it was time for bed.
* This is a picture from moving day. How blessedly empty the place looked then. *