Sunday, June 18, 2006
Accumulations
We've been running around town buying some of the furnishings we needed to get upon arriving. For the last few months we've been coming up with ideas about what we want the new home to look like so we've hit West Elm and Bo Concept and picked up or ordered the stuff we needed. One of the things we apparently need is a U-Haul because sofa pieces and queen-sized beds apparently don't fit into Adrian's Honda Element. We were already pretty sure they wouldn't fit into my Bug.
So anyway, we've got a great new sofa coming from West Elm (which was on sale as it turns out, so YAY for that) as well as a low platform bed that matches some other West Elm furniture we have. Then we were off to Bo Concept for some wall units and tables and shelves, which we'll get in a few weeks. We've hit IKEA already and have found some things we'll pick up once we have the U-Haul, probably tomorrow. Today is going to be a painting day...a few areas are left over from when Adrian painted in April, plus we're changing the color of one room. We want to get all the painting done before the new carpet we picked out yesterday gets installed.
Speaking of carpet, let me say YAY for the phrase "Vinnie sent us" because that has saved us a few hundred bucks and carpet and a mattress.
We got an interesting call Friday as we were running around town. A professor I know is involved with some research that's getting announced this week and one of the networks was looking for a gay couple to interview...naturally, he thought of us because Adrian is so hot. We chose not to do it because it had to be done NOW and frankly, our heads are still spinning a bit since arriving...we didn't really have time to think about it, much less do it, and we were a little concerned about the implications of that on my new job. So we'll pass for now but we left the possibility open for the future.
We've seen some of our friends since getting back...Friday night was Angelo and Josh's combined birthdays/anniversary party, and we got to meet a bunch of their friends in the process (including one guy who was talking to Adrian and was visibly disappointed when I showed up :P ), then Saturday morning we had breakfast with Tracy (and I'm not going to mention that Tracy forgot and was still asleep when I called him from Trio's...oops, I guess I did mention it). We spent some time yesterday evening with Adrian's family...he did some hair, and I took a couple of his nephews out for ice cream. And no, I definitely didn't get any strange looks when I walked into Baskin Robins with two little Asian kids. Nope, none at all. Well, maybe a few. Today will be a painting day then we're going to see Dancin' Mike for dinner...he and Adrian still haven't met.
And yeah, we're still thinking about a short trip this week. We'll let you know.
So anyway, we've got a great new sofa coming from West Elm (which was on sale as it turns out, so YAY for that) as well as a low platform bed that matches some other West Elm furniture we have. Then we were off to Bo Concept for some wall units and tables and shelves, which we'll get in a few weeks. We've hit IKEA already and have found some things we'll pick up once we have the U-Haul, probably tomorrow. Today is going to be a painting day...a few areas are left over from when Adrian painted in April, plus we're changing the color of one room. We want to get all the painting done before the new carpet we picked out yesterday gets installed.
Speaking of carpet, let me say YAY for the phrase "Vinnie sent us" because that has saved us a few hundred bucks and carpet and a mattress.
We got an interesting call Friday as we were running around town. A professor I know is involved with some research that's getting announced this week and one of the networks was looking for a gay couple to interview...naturally, he thought of us because Adrian is so hot. We chose not to do it because it had to be done NOW and frankly, our heads are still spinning a bit since arriving...we didn't really have time to think about it, much less do it, and we were a little concerned about the implications of that on my new job. So we'll pass for now but we left the possibility open for the future.
We've seen some of our friends since getting back...Friday night was Angelo and Josh's combined birthdays/anniversary party, and we got to meet a bunch of their friends in the process (including one guy who was talking to Adrian and was visibly disappointed when I showed up :P ), then Saturday morning we had breakfast with Tracy (and I'm not going to mention that Tracy forgot and was still asleep when I called him from Trio's...oops, I guess I did mention it). We spent some time yesterday evening with Adrian's family...he did some hair, and I took a couple of his nephews out for ice cream. And no, I definitely didn't get any strange looks when I walked into Baskin Robins with two little Asian kids. Nope, none at all. Well, maybe a few. Today will be a painting day then we're going to see Dancin' Mike for dinner...he and Adrian still haven't met.
And yeah, we're still thinking about a short trip this week. We'll let you know.
