February 13--Sitting in a mostly empty room

[zyzyly]

I spent the early morning finishing up in my office, and got most everything out except for this computer and the table it is sitting on. I'll take it out (or cover it) tomorrow when I paint, but I need to do homework too, so I have to have access to it.

At 10 we went to our accountant to look at our taxes. He looks at the computer screen for a while and says, half to himself, "hmmmm--uh oh", which always means we will have to pay. I thought that leaving my high paying nursing job for a low paying teaching job would have made a difference, but it doesn't. I was bummed out for a while, but it didn't last too long.

We came back and worked cleaning out the rest of the rooms. I have 8 boxes of LPs, which are really heavy. I have been hauling them around for years and years. I should get rid of them. I can remember back when my only home furnishings were some boards stacked on top of concrete blocks, which held my stereo, and stacks and stacks of albums. I don't think I would exchange the comforts of my life now for those days, but there is a certain simplicity to it all that I miss.



All our stuff is stacked up in the living room. The other rooms are so neat and uncluttered now. I am hoping we can maintain that a bit after this is all done. We shall see.

This afternoon I attended a board meeting for the nursing alumni association. I have mentioned previously that it was in danger of extinction because it was pretty much the class of 1959 and me. I had created a Facebook page and was able to attract some of my friends, and now one of my former students is the treasurer, and a former co-worker is the secretary. One of my current students is helping with recruitment, and we have a very dynamic woman who has stepped up to be the president. Everyone is relieved that we have some new blood to carry on for the time being.

I came home and taped up the office so I can start painting tomorrow. I can't remember the last time I painted a room, but some of my ancestors were painters, so it is in the blood. I guess.

Comments

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Do you still have a turntable on which to play the LP's?
If so, you could probably get some money for the combination. It's hard to just get rid of LP's by themselves, but people are actively looking for turntables and they're the most likely to take LP's as well.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I do have a turntable, but whenever I think about it my thought is not "lets get rid of all of this", it is "hey, I should play some albums."

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Which is a pretty good reason for setting up something a little nicer than the brick-and-wood shelving so you can actually DO so when you want to. N has one set up in her studio and whenever it's not wretchedly cold and she has an hour free she goes down, fires it up, and makes some art.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

Your place is so nice, and big :) I'm envious of the space.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Cinder block LP shelves were better than furniture.

[gracegiver]

Mike, don't you have a Sonos system? Throughout the house? That's the music you'll listen to because of the ease of the operation. Let the kids have the albums. They go nuts over 'em and at least they'll be in use somewhere rather than those heavy boxes. There's a new bar, 1430 S St. called The B-Side. They might buy the albums. Check it out. They don't seem to have a website yet but you can find them on FB and Yelp.

Your place is coming together!

[thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com]

I don't have the heart to give up my albums. i don't have as many as you, though. I still have my turntable but, it needs a new cartridge. A lot of people buy those crosley turntables.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I do have all this empty space in my office now. I should think about how to do that.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

It is a nice place--not too small, not to big.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

They were! I remember sitting in front of my stereo when I was young playing records. Nothing like it.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Yeah you are probably right, but I'm not ready to part with them yet. Someday....

lol

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

You can get cartridges online--they still make them.