my friends donna and dave fell in love with leadville when we were racing there last summer. so they bought a place there and moved. they didn't have enough space for all their stuff from austin in colorado so they decided to sell some of it. the result? eric and i just got a new bedroom set (queen bed with basically new mattress, dresser and nightstand) from pier 1 imports.
i had previously acquired some other furniture off of a childhood friend who finished up his master's at ut this semester and was moving back to the dc area. he was going to sell me a couch and then through in an another couch, a desk, a desk chair, a book case, a couple coffee tables, a bunch of kitchen stuff and a tv.
someone who used to live with eric's roommate gave us a kitchen table, a microwave and a stand for the microwave.
i have now outfitted our apartment with furniture for $650...total. as i had no furniture previously because i'd been living in the coop for the last few years, i thought it was going to cost a small fortune to outfit a new place. we have some incredibly generous friends.
my next task is decorating, or at least hanging a picture or two!
on a different note, i think my conference last week was exactly what i needed to get my rear end back in writing mode. i got back on wednesday evening and by late yesterday (saturday) afternoon, i had the first draft of my manuscript done. now i just have to finish the figures and get the paper out to my co-authors to start looking over. hopefully i will have this manuscript submitted to a journal in the next couple months and i should have another one following it not too long after! it feels nice to be productive!
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