The carpet installation was a nightmare. They arrived late & did a horrible job: breaking 2 pieces of furniture, damaging the cable TV wire, cutting the phone line, scratching a door & wall, bending a picture on the wall & generally being severely disagreeable.  I got into a shouting match with one after he broke the encylopedia bookcase, I don't know if he was drunk, high or just incredibly stupid. I was without internet service for 3 days, until the phone company fixed the line & the cable guy had to replace the cable cord on Tuesday. It was such an upsetting experience that I don't even want to think about it at this point.

    However, I'm slowly replacing things to their permanent spots, though it will be some time until the closet is cleared out. I piled stuff nearly to the ceiling in there, as well as in the bathtub. Today I brought all of my larger paintings up from the storage locker downstairs, a new neighbor kindly allowed me to use it. It's going to take awhile to get everything back to normal. My arthritis has been hurting a lot more than usual, so it's making it hard to move around to get things done. I think my body is telling me I've been overdoing it.  It's been an awful couple of weeks, but I hope to catch up on my regular activities, in addition to recovering from the trauma of the carpet guys.