Just me

[pergamond]

There is an episode in "Sex in the City" where one of the main characters, Miranda, buys her own apartment on Manhattan. No one can believe that she is buying and living there alone and she is persistently asked about the boyfriend who is bound to be moving in there with her. Such was the situation with the movers today:

Mover: "Are you living here alone?"

Me: "Yep, just me."

Mover: "You've not got a boyfriend up here?"

Steady on, buddy, I just moved here on Friday!

Me: "No, just me."

Mover: "Well, I thought you might have a girlfriend or something."

Me: "No, just me."

Well, you know, at this point I gave him credit for open mindedness so I embellished:

Me: "I move jobs every few years, often with an associated continent change so ... a serious boyfriend would completely cramp my style"

I resisted saying the striked comment to the husband & wife moving team since it might be deemed a little harsh and they were in fact doing a great job.

However, despite the fact my cat was not judged a worthy apartment companion (they were deeply underestimating the space she can take up on the bed), I do now have furniture! And boxes! Distributed completely randomly throughout my house ... Evidently though, I have found my wireless router so all the really important stuff is in place.

Comments

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Yay! Furniture is good. And I love really awkward conversations like that...

[pergamond.livejournal.com]

He and his wife were actually really nice but I still felt a bit peeved all the same! Heaven forbid, I might have moved here for my own career... XD

[fulminata]

I do hope that you have a bed to sleep on and not boxes rearranged to make a bed.

[pergamond.livejournal.com]

I do, I do! It's even clear of boxes and has bedding on it. Both cat and I clapped out on it this afternoon. (Me, because I'm still off colour, cat because ... she's a cat).

[fulminata]

Okay. (Are you feeling ill? Sleep more!)

[februaryfour]

What you should do is find another astronomer and move together. ^_~