how is this fair?

[flea]

Things aren't getting easier; if anything, they are getting harder. A big contributor is Dillo's current nap strike (3 days now); first of all, he really needs a nap still, and second of all, when he does take a big nap, I can park Casper with a video and get things done. He's up lots in the night and Casper has had a screaming festival in the night most nights in the new house so far, too. She's got a bad cough which has been going on for more than a week and worries me, and they both look so worn down and tired. And yet, no napping.

Since unpacking the kids' rooms first did in fact help them a lot, I tried unpacking MY stuff today, or starting. mr. flea set up the computer (my computer) but can't find the power cord, oops. The cable/internet people are supposed to come tomorrow between 8 and 10 am, so assuming the power cord turns up we won't have to fight over the laptop and will have a better connection. And PBS! AND SYTYCD!!!! (Cable/internet is Charter.com; they are certified evil, but we have very few choices.) We put the mattress upstairs, so mr. flea can sleep up there, but given the children, I'll probably have to sleep downstairs for a while. We've got Dillo on the double futon mattress, on the floor, so there is room for me.

We're in the market for a queen-sized bed that uses slats instead of a box spring (because a queen box spring won't go up the stairs) and doesn't have a footboard (because mr. flea is 6'6" and his feet need room to hang off the end. Unfortunately all I can find are modern platform beds in this vein, whose style I don't like. I'd love cherry, traditional, but they all require box springs.

We also need a desk for the computer. I should check craigslist; we also might go to Atlanta some day soon, to go to the aquarium, so we can check Ikea too. The idea is something that can go in the living room for now, and can be Casper's desk when she's a little older.

We found out today that Casper's school will start at 7:45 am and run to 2:30; I need to get the scoop on after school. This argues for an early schedule for me and mr. flea, too. We'll see. He is stressed because his "I finished" letter is being hung up and unless it gets to the EPA tomorrow he can't start working on Monday. And I am stressed too.

Comments

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Once, while helping some friends move, we ran into the box spring won't fit up the stairs things. IIRC, the house was similar to yours. We finally managed to get it into the bedroom by removing the sashes from the window and bringing it in that way. Fortunately, the roof wasn't very steep under the window, so we had decent footing to accomplish this. I have no idea if it would work at your place, but it might be worth a look.

And my gosh, I'm 7" shorter than mr. flea and footboards drive

me

crazy. I can't imagine what it's like for him.

[serrana.livejournal.com]

Dunno how handy y'all are, but we've (repeatedly) built "box springs" from plywood and 2x4s. I would be happy to send photos and directions.

[aimeejmc.livejournal.com]

We have difficult to navigate stairs and got our queen size box spring up by getting a 2-pc box spring - kind of like two twin box springs.

[lala-lisa.livejournal.com]

I had to get a split box spring because the queen wouldn't go up the stairs in my row home. It wasn't a big deal, maybe like $50 more? I was pissed though because I bought from a mattress store here, a town renowned for it's rowhomes of which mine is actually on the large side and they didn't figure out that I'd need the split boxspring until after they tried to deliver the regular one. So it delayed me getting my new bed by a week or so. It's been years and i'm still kind of pissed at that.

[gingerk.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you want company or another set of eyes on the kids if you come to Ikea and the aquarium. You'd probably avoid the weekends anyway, but I75/85 downtown will be a nightmare on weekends for the foreseeable future. They're repaving.

Also, the sales tax holiday for computers and school supplies and clothing is this weekend: http://www.dor.ga.gov/salestax/holiday/index.aspx