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[impulsereader]

Oh, the mattress. Honestly, there now have to be more people curious about my bed than write gen Sherlock fic. I am ridiculous in my whinging. :-) It is in now after I: gave up, cancelled my (second) order after they cancelled today's delivery, placed a new order, drove to the store, allowed (thanked profusely) a very nice young man (for doing his best to make sure I wouldn't end up wrestling a mattress in traffic) to lash the thing to the roof of my car, managed to drive home at the rate of 25 mph (just to be safe), and then wrestled the box spring and mattress inside.

Oh, I also had to (erm, see later comment * meta moment * but reading this first makes it funnier) climb into my car through the window because I had (very cleverly I thought) rolled down both my windows {instead of opening both my doors while parked in a normal mall-type parking space] while I waited for the box spring and the return of the young man who actually knew what he was doing. He then later flagged me down on my way out to explain he was sorry, we were both silly, and I wouldn't be able to open my car door - I let him off the hook and told him I'd manage somehow. I honestly could not justify making this poor guy undo all his work and then do it all over again. So I climbed in through the window. Fun - I'm totally one of the Duke boys. It wasn't actually that difficult. :-)

* Then, when I got home (without thinking about it at all) I just opened the door like I normally would, exited the car, and proceeded as normal. Upon typing up this summary I began thinking, 'Hey, wait a sec, how did I get out of the car with its doors lashed closed?' Well, now I think about it, my car doors have no upper frame. The windows simply go up into the rubbery bit. My doors work just fine when there is something roped to the roof through the open windows. Silly me x 2. I am rather glad I didn't have to climb out of the car through the window. That seems more difficult than getting in. :-)

Comments

[f-m-r-l.livejournal.com]

I think I've written Sherlock gen fic. I should go back and check. Either way, I'm glad you've solved the mystery of the vanished mattress.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Today was rough for RL Reasons. I"m hoping tomorrow proves productive. I have lots of holiday projects ongoing - which is good. Oh - btw- I am completely on board with the perpetually refilling of the apples and cinnamon (into the nu dalek) to provide lovely atmosphere. It is so far working brilliantly. :-)

[pargoletta.livejournal.com]

Huzzah, huzzah, the bed has arrived! Now you can go to sleep in comfort, and then never order a mattress from that place again.

I will cop to having wondered about your bed, but then I also write gen Sherlock fic, so I think those two attributes kind of cancel each other out.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

It was all meant quite whimsically since I (at least marginally) exist within the quite tiny gen Sherlock community. :-) I don't imagine there are all that many people actually interested in my bed other than those wishing I would stop whinging about it - or the lack of it.

But - huzzah indeed! Now down to business with sorting out the books, CDs and purses, and getting holiday projects into the mail.

Happy Hanukkah, just slightly early. :-)

[northernwalker]

Congratulations! Sleep in good health and comfort.

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I was most pleased by my not causing an incident which would involve insurance. :-)

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

Yay, bed! (Yes, I have been wondering). And I'm shamefully delighted to hear I'm not the only one to have had the roped-a-mattress-to-my-car-climbed-in-the-window-and-realized-later-it-would-open-just-fine brain glitch!

Yay!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

It didn't even occur to me - so weird. My favorite moment was the laborious working-out of what had actually happened and how I'd gotten out of the car without ridiculous gymnastics. :-) Hey, wait a minute...