Cigarette Time
Apr. 17th, 2013 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI remember when I first quite smoking, I was doing projects around the house and realized that I was exhausted because I hadn't had a smoke break! My questions that day was How Do Non-Smokers Do This??!!! I still don't know.
Well, I guess, I do.... this is my smoke break.
I got to IKEA and I found what I wanted. Well, close to what I wanted. I wanted VERY long semi-heavy to heavy curtains without gromets in beige or wheat or some other color - like the ones I had but cleaner and not moldy.
I found some that were not as heavy which is ok. Certainly long enough but no light colors. Only purple and navy. Probably navy would have been a better color choice but, of course, I went with purple.
I got them up. Tom, the maintenance guy, asked if I wanted him to help me bring up the ladder. HOLYFUCK YES, PLEASE! The ladder is really steady so I felt ok getting up and down and could get up high enough to reach without killing my arms.
They really darken the living room and I think if I had my druthers, I'd rather they didn't but I suspect I will really appreciate it when it gets hot so no biggie. I need to get back up and redo one side. I had to compensate because they are too long. I got one side perfect but I over corrected on the other. I'm exhausted and I'd leave it but I know it would bug the shit out of me and I have the ladder....
So after my 'smoke' break, I'm going back up. Hmmm smoke break is over...
Well, I guess, I do.... this is my smoke break.
I got to IKEA and I found what I wanted. Well, close to what I wanted. I wanted VERY long semi-heavy to heavy curtains without gromets in beige or wheat or some other color - like the ones I had but cleaner and not moldy.
I found some that were not as heavy which is ok. Certainly long enough but no light colors. Only purple and navy. Probably navy would have been a better color choice but, of course, I went with purple.
I got them up. Tom, the maintenance guy, asked if I wanted him to help me bring up the ladder. HOLYFUCK YES, PLEASE! The ladder is really steady so I felt ok getting up and down and could get up high enough to reach without killing my arms.
They really darken the living room and I think if I had my druthers, I'd rather they didn't but I suspect I will really appreciate it when it gets hot so no biggie. I need to get back up and redo one side. I had to compensate because they are too long. I got one side perfect but I over corrected on the other. I'm exhausted and I'd leave it but I know it would bug the shit out of me and I have the ladder....
So after my 'smoke' break, I'm going back up. Hmmm smoke break is over...
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Date: 2013-04-17 08:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-04-18 03:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-04-18 03:45 am (UTC)I used to work for a guy who did not smoke. But his assistant did, his secretary did and I (his speech writer) did. The three of us would go outside - just under his office window for our smoke breaks. It drove him NUTS to see us cavorting and have no clue what we were talking about. *He* threatened to take up smoking.
I made a lot of friends on smoke breaks. You go to a conference and meet the nicest people outside around the ashtray.
Those were the days...