I think that title might have been used before but that was then, this is now.
I have been busy looking at pianos, put in bids on one, got to $53 and then was outbid. I put in a bid on another and in fifty cent leaps got up to $3.50 and then Chris and Zuzu told me about a piano which was being given away. I would have to pay cartage but I was going to have to pay cartage anyway. They had seen it and Zuzu rang up to see if it was still available. It was but Sunday was the only day the guy had off so I said I’d be in touch Monday.
Then I realised that I still had the bid in on the $3.50 one and if no-one outbid me I would have two pianos. Now one will call for some putting and taking in my little sitting room and although I’m fairly good at making furniture work I might have met my match if I had two pianos to place in it.
I checked my phone constantly. Someone, anyone, put in a fifty cent bid. Please. Like, fifty cents is not much to ask, is it?
Then, hallelujah someone outbid me, it went up to $4 and I was able to breathe again. I’d be no good in the Futures market, folks, I couldn’t stand the strain.
So on Monday Zuzu rang up, it’s all arranged, the piano arrives on Thursday. Everyone I’ve told, except for three people, has said, ‘But, where will you put it?’
These three did variations on, ‘How wonderful,’ ‘You’ll love it’, ‘Great idea,’ and all thought I would have no trouble rearranging the sitting room to accommodate it. A mere bagatelle.
So will I put the dining table back in the dining room which I’m using as a workroom? I’ll still have to use it as a workroom but use the table as a workspace as well as for eating meals. If I do that I’ll have to put the table I’m currently using as a desk into the spare room. One friend wants me to simply move things about in the sitting room so I have everything there that’s in the room right now and still accommodate the piano. But I like a bit of space showing.
What I’ll do for a start is stick the dining table in the middle of the room and live with it for a while. By the time I’ve tripped over it a few times on my way to the toilet at night, I’ll have more of an idea where to put it.
We live in exciting times…
