Boxes, Boxes, Bed, Bed

Our stuff was finally delivered Thursday. Ness and I (at this point just Ness, cause I'm typing this) are currently digging ourselves out of stacks of boxes. Some of the boxes are like Christmas presents; they're labeled but it's a big surprise when we actually open it up to see what's inside. Movers have a funny way of grabbing something left over from one room and squeezing it in with a completely random box of wares. They also like to use lots and lots of packing paper. I really shouldn't complain cause all that packing paper keeps my precious pencils, pens, straws, and silverware from getting broken.

Many of you have seen, or heard about the bed I made Aiden a few years ago (loft, complete with slide and "stone" wall). That colossal masterpiece (if I may say so) took up most of his former bedroom. Because we didn't know what kind of space we'd have here, we opted to leave it behind in storage and buy the boys a bunk bed from Ikea. I spent a couple of hours after our household goods delivery putting together their new bed . After two nights, it seems like it's going to work out. Ethan even slept on his big boy bed last night.

When we moved out of the temporary lodging on base to our home in town for the next three years, we borrowed furniture from the base (No, I'm not using "borrowed" liberally. They actually have a Furnishings Management Office that has lots of loaner stuff). These furnishings included large appliances, living room furnishings, dressers, and beds. We quickly discovered a sticking point with the beds.

We live in a Japanese-style home and things are a little more quaint than we're used too. For instance, I have to duck my head to get into the upstairs bathroom (I've only forgotten once!). The movers with the loaner furniture tried to move a queen size bed up the stairs and discovered our dilemma; it wasn't going to happen. Knowing we had our own queen size bed on a voyage across the ocean, we had to look for an alternative solution. We used the two twin beds that we originally borrowed for the boys and pushed them together, while Aiden was able to enjoy the queen size bed downstairs. Of course Ethan didn't sleep on the floor; we kept him hostage in a pack-n-play.

We shopped around some local furniture stores last week and found a couple of twin beds that, when pushed together, will make for some spacious snoozing (and a some nearly wall-to-wall furniture) for the next few years. They delivered and assembled the bed today and, although it's only 3 P.M. here, I'm ready to go try it out. Good bye unpacking, hello mid-afternoon nap!

O-yasumi nasai,
Marty