this morning while nat was sleeping, mimi and i got ready for a day at work. i went downstairs to get a dress to wear and heard a bit of a scuffle and then a little hubbub. figuring that tofu and snertface were just doing their hourly ritual of tormenting each other, i wasn’t too concerned. however, upon arriving upstairs, mimi was rubbing her back, elbow, and tooshy all at the same time saying, “ouch! ouch! ouch!” snert face had tripped her on the stairs and she slipped down them and bonked a variety of body parts.
after getting dressed, tea-ed up, and ibuprofen-ed up, we were set to go to work. as i was typing on my computer and making phone calls, mimi was ripping up my ugly carpeting, moving filing cabinets, and re-arranging everything else while simultaneously developing a me-specific organizational plan. she did not have an easy task.
to give you an idea of what we were up against:
while it looks decent from that picture, it wasn’t decent at all. i painted the walls blue with mustardy trim. it looks a million times better.
uncovering the hardwood floors was not an easy task (nor was moving the desk!) and underneath the carpet was a lot of sand-ish dirt stuff.
there was a lot of work to do. mimi was fantastic and determined. but then we were both hungry. so what else could we do but lunch at ikea? overlooking a ship! philly cheesesteak, swedish meatballs, lingonberry mousse! but we did get ripped off because we got sodas and the lingonberry was out and they didn’t change it by the time that we left. boo.
mimi is so inspirational! we finished at ikea with new treats for my office and home. don’t get me started about how long it took to check out.
but look how cute my office is!
a corner for tea!
and a corner for mimi!
i have the best aunt ever! now off to home for a dinner made by chef nat! p.s. i’ll take daylight pictures tomorrow.
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