it's been hanging round for days

the good news: the rest of our ikea stuff actually arrived all the way back on tuesday, way earlier than we'd dared to expect. and at long last i was able to put together our bed frame, but... the bad news: the frame came replete with nasty warehouse/chemical-ly smells that totally leveled poor p. and that sucker's still off-gassing! so we've moved our mattress into the living room and quarantined the frame in the bedroom with the door to the balcony wide open -- thank god the door between the bedroom and the rest of the apartment is really heavy.

in other news of stink, our couch cushions (which arrived in shipment #1) are still not detoxified either.
and we've both been sick with some downright unpleasant colds this week, hence the lack of blogging. happy belated thanksgiving!