the adventure of the brand-new bed
Today we went to IKEA and got a brand-new bed, and let me tell you, it was a major endeavor. The biggest thrill was trying to tie the mattress to the car, only to notice as soon as we got on the freeway that it was doing a very good impression of a wing and was quite willing to take off on its own if it couldn't get the car to come with. A highway patrolman noticed too, and pulled us over and very kindly told us to get the **** off the freeway, and gave us directions home on the surface streets. Which we didn't need to be told to get off, cause we knew that already, but the directions were welcome. As was that he didn't give us a ticket. And then I had to build the bed all by myself (alternate title for this post: 'like legos for grownups'), because Leah was at a meeting for work. But now it's all home and all built, and all our new sheets and comforters and pillow-cases are on it, so it's about time to try it out for the first time with a good night's sleep.
Matrix Revolutions is a bad movie
That is all.
No wait, it isn't all. But it is a bad movie, it really is. Quite bad. I already knew that, but I hadn't seen it until this evening, so now I know how bad it is in grizzly detail. Even the fight scenes weren't very good. Oh well, it had to be watched.
So far, something I've noticed about LA is no biting bugs (except on that hike we went on) and no allergies (for me, that is). I didn't really think anything of it, because it's been winter after all, appearances to the contrary; so we wouldn't really have either of those things back home. But while there's still no bugs, I'm afraid allergies have been making their presence felt among the male members of our household: both Arron and me have been sneezing all day, in varying severities. Leah thinks I'm dying, I'm afraid. I don't know whether to be pleased at the sign that spring here might be normal, like spring elsewhere (not that I'm usually particularly susceptable to spring allergies, but whatever), or irritated, because, you know. At least I have a nice bed to sleep in now.