Time is so sweet and absurd

[sovay]

We have a couch! We finally have a couch! It is grey-green and comfortably springy and fits into the space between the windows at the front of the apartment and there was an exciting hour when we weren't sure if it had been lost in transit because the tracking website listed it as delivered and it was definitely not in the apartment and the warehouse couldn't get hold of the drivers to ask where on earth either they or the couch were, but it arrived and was carried upstairs by two very pleasant and competent people who took all the packaging away with them afterward and then I sat on the couch in my living room and talked with Matthew until he had to leave to catch his train, although he took a picture of the couch first:



Hestia set the first claw in it, of course. Now she crouches on the back like a demon rabbit, staring out into the world with wide gold eyes. Autolycus leapt onto the cushions, prowled, sniffed carefully all around, and then took possession of a stack of displaced boxes of slightly greater elevation. I am sitting on it with my computer like a sensible person. I could sit on it and read books. I could drag the coffee table over and watch a movie without being at my desk. I could, some afternoon, fall asleep.

Yay, having furniture.

Comments

[chomiji]

It looks to be a very comfy couch! Use it in good health!

[sovay]

It looks to be a very comfy couch! Use it in good health!

Thank you! So far, so good.

[gwynnega]

Yay couch!

[sovay]

Yay couch!

Thank you!

[movingfinger]

Oh, that looks like the perfect reading-with-cats couch. Couchgratulations!

[sovay]

Oh, that looks like the perfect reading-with-cats couch. Couchgratulations!

Hee. Thank you! The cats do seem to approve.

[nineweaving]

What a splendid couch! Totally inviting.

Nine

[sovay]

What a splendid couch! Totally inviting.

It is perhaps unreasonable how happy it is making me, but it really is.

[choco_frosh]

No, having furniture is a very reasonable think to be delighted about!

[sovay]

No, having furniture is a very reasonable think to be delighted about!

Okay. I'm never sure!

[nineweaving]

Totally reasonable. Comfort and elegance are delightful things.

Nine

[asakiyume]

It fits so perfectly! A human could drape themselves over the back of it and gaze out the window.

[sovay]

It fits so perfectly! A human could drape themselves over the back of it and gaze out the window.

Mostly a human has been lying flat on their back and staring happily at the ceiling, but there is a very nice Somerville sky available in the other direction when desired.

(I am so glad it fits. I was paranoid when it arrived because it was wrapped in padding and cardboard which made its dimensions much greater than the ones I had carefully measured, but fortunately it emerged from its chrysalis just fine.)

[alexxkay]

Yay couch! Yay acvurate measurements!

[sovay]

Yay couch! Yay acvurate measurements!

Thank you!

[choco_frosh]

Yay couch!

[sovay]

Yay couch!

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

This is an excellent development! It looks really comfy. ^_^

[sovay]

This is an excellent development! It looks really comfy.

It is.

[yhlee]

Huzzah the couch! It looks lovely. =)

[sovay]

Huzzah the couch! It looks lovely.

Thank you! I am very happy with it. Also we now look like we have a living room instead of a space occupied by bookshelves, boxes, and a forlorn green basket chair.

[lemon_badgeress]

It really is amazing how couch = living room even when you haven't actually had one for the last six living rooms you've had. I bought a couch earlier this year and the same thing happened here.

[sovay]

I bought a couch earlier this year and the same thing happened here.

I don't think I had quite realized that was the natural effect of a couch. I am glad it gave you a living room, too!

[ladymondegreen]

Hooray for the sofa (or couch, or Chesterfield, whatever it likes to be called when it's at home, and not off having gallivanting adventures).

[sovay]

Hooray for the sofa (or couch, or Chesterfield, whatever it likes to be called when it's at home, and not off having gallivanting adventures).

Thank you!

During the hour when we didn't know where the couch was and I was briefly away from the phone, Matthew joked that he had been keeping an eye out for wandering couches and sent away two ottomans and a hassock, after which we felt especially bad for the hassock.

[zdenka]

Congrats on the acquisition of a couch! It's a nice couch. It looks comfortable.

[sovay]

Congrats on the acquisition of a couch! It's a nice couch. It looks comfortable.

Thank you! I spent a large chunk of the afternoon lying on it, because it is.

[thawrecka]

That looks like a really nice couch and it fits perfectly.

[sovay]

That looks like a really nice couch and it fits perfectly.

Thank you. I think the trick will be not spending all my time curled up on it, which I recognize is a possessive cat reaction, but one which seems rational to me under the circumstances.

[cmcmck]

It's a nice couch and a lovely spot to place it too!

[sovay]

It's a nice couch and a lovely spot to place it too!

Thank you! I'm looking forward to afternoons of sunlight.

[davidgillon]

Ooh! Nice.

I could, some afternoon, fall asleep.

Or evening! (Says he, having woken up on the couch at 5:30AM) I actually find I sleep better on my couch than either of the beds in the house.

[moon_custafer]

It is also a very nice shade of green.

[sovay]

It is also a very nice shade of green.

I think so! It's a little lighter in direct sun, but pleasantly: a kind of lichen-and-sea color. Thank you.

[thisbluespirit]

Hestia set the first claw in it, of course. Now she crouches on the back like a demon rabbit, staring out into the world with wide gold eyes. Autolycus leapt onto the cushions, prowled, sniffed carefully all around, and then took possession of a stack of displaced boxes of slightly greater elevation. I am sitting on it with my computer like a sensible person. I could sit on it and read books. I could drag the coffee table over and watch a movie without being at my desk. I could, some afternoon, fall asleep.

Hurrah! (As long as you keep in mind that it belongs to the cats, of course... ;-D)

[sovay]

Hurrah! (As long as you keep in mind that it belongs to the cats, of course... ;-D)

Thank you! Hestia has spent the entire afternoon so far on the couch, so I think she's figured it out.

[klwilliams]

I love a good couch.

[sovay]

I love a good couch.

I am very happy with this one.

[gaudior]

That's a beautiful couch!

[sovay]

That's a beautiful couch!

Thank you! You should come over and meet it. It's comfortable.

[rinue]

How lovely! I immediately want to sit on it, which is a good test of whether it succeeds as a couch.

[sovay]

I immediately want to sit on it, which is a good test of whether it succeeds as a couch.

I'm delighted to hear it! I find it very inviting myself. (And if you're moving back to the Boston area, maybe I can introduce you to it in person?) Thank you.

[rinue]

I'm back, actually! And Ciro is too. (He got in last night; I've been here since about mid-month.) Would definitely be glad to get together sometime.

[sovay]

And Ciro is too. (He got in last night; I've been here since about mid-month.

Welcome back! We should totally hang out.