plural

before I begin
I want to ask
if anyone reading this
can either recommend a good chiropractor in Portland, OR
or recommend someone who can recommend such

If so please either post a comment below
or send an email to plural@livejournal.com

anyway

on to the tale

so
as I mentioned ever so briefly previously

over the weekend
I bought a condo in Portland for Samantha and I to live in

We made the offer on Saturday
It was accepted on the spot
we wrapped up the paperwork on Sunday

We rushed home to seattle sunday night
spent all of monday packing up my stuff
and all of tuesday packing up her stuff
and all of tuesday night loading it into a uhaul

we got up at 4:30 this morning
drove down to Portland

We arrived in town around 10am
and had the truck unloaded
then went and picked up the furniture we had purchased on sunday
and unloaded it into the house
and
were having beers on the front porch
by 2:30pm

We still have massive amounts of stuff to do
but
all the furniture is roughly in where it should be
and
the bed is set up
so we can start selective unpacking boxes at our leisure

anyway
we relaxed on the front porch
enjoying the warm sunny day
almost as much as enjoying the simple act
of not sitting still

then we spent some time
calling utility companies
to switch over the accounts to my name
and
decided it was time for dinner
so
we cleaned up a teeny bit
and headed out

we drove down Belmont street
[which is where our condo is]
and
I made the mistake of stopping for a pedestrian in a crosswalk

while stopped there
a pleasant enough fellow from london
tried to park his 2007 Ford Escape
somewhere inside my trunk

needless to say the effect
wasn't as pleasant as I might have wished
on such a fine afternoon

silly plural
obey the law
and look what happens

well
see if I do that again
next time I see a pedestrian
that looks like it might be considering
crossing the street
I'm going to hop the curb
and take them out in a pre-emptive strike

I mean
it worked in Iraq didn't it
maybe Bush had it right after all

and way
he was most apologetic
and quite surprised at how relaxed and cordial I was about the whole affair

to which I responded
why make your day any worse by getting pissed off about something you can't change
sure it sucks
but all getting pissed is going to do
is ruin the rest of my day

so we exchanged information
chatted briefly and departed

Samantha and I continued on our way
had a most excellent dinner
and just now returned home
where we intend to take a nice soak
in our new ginormous claw foot bathtub
with some epson salts
to ease our sore muscles

speaking of the tub
I got in it today
just cause I was curious as to its capacity
and
a six foot man (me)
can lie stretched out flat in the bottom
with only ones head above the water

can I just say that rocks

I'm looking around the apartment
while typing this
amazed that we packed and moved both of our places
in two days
then moved it and unpacked/arranged it
in our new place on the third day

my entire body is sore
so much so that when the nice british fellow
asked if we were ok
I responded I had no idea
my whole body was so damn sore
I couldn't tell if there was any new pain yet

it was a heroic effort
by the two of us
to get it all done and in such a short timeframe
exhausting and painful
even sometimes aggravating
but I can't express how gratifying it is to me
to have a partner
who can keep working till the work is done
however long that takes

because sometimes shit just has to get done
and how tired/sore/etc you are
just doesn't matter

it is nice to see
that she can step up to the plate
and we can knock shit out together

so yeah

blah blah blah

I'm exceedingly happy right now
but blathering about how happy I am
[any more than I've already done anyway]
is boring me

lets just say
life is damn good
I'm quite excited to be starting this new chapter of our lives together
and
I'm gonna go soak in me tub
then get many hours of sleep

love love

your plural