An Interesting Experience Adapting?
A Response from the Other Half.
He calls it adapting … I call it self preservation of a sort!!!
Okay, Dancer has been here a few months, off and on -- mostly on. Which means, this old guy has had some “adapting” to do. This blog is not whining or complaining, by any means. But, there have been some interesting changes around here lately that are more then just humorous.
This from my point of view also! Y'all know us gals just have to do something. …
There’s a storm here; a snow storm outside and a slow storm inside. Outside is white. Inside is . . . well . . . not white, but it’s not supposed to be. Rather, it seems somewhat like a tornado -- albeit one moving in very slow motion -- in this apartment.
"APARTMENT " being the key word here!!
I mean, move a "country gal" into a suburban high rise, even though there is miles of park, lake and woods right outside the back door, you still have to run the stairs or take an elevator down to get there! Saving grace … the floor to ceiling wall windows in both the living room and den look out on this. But truthfully, there's nothing like exploring winter from way up here on the seventh floor looking out. (For a guy who told me that it never snows much on “his” side of the state, I'm sure seeing a lot.)
First, a little background is necessary: I was born half blind, literally. Sure, I can walk around without bumping into things and I can even drive legally. But, there are some serious limitations for me, most of which I have worked around in ways that keep others from noticing that little problem.
Ummmm....that's what he says … but well, somehow he sees better than I do with my contacts in -- or out for that matter -- and he moves like a dang cat in the dark, too. I really think this was an excuse to keep me from any re-arranging? At first, anyway.
I always place everything in the same place. Therefore, if Dancer asked me if I have something, I could always tell her exactly where it was, without even looking up." … "I could always put my hands on anything I wanted without 'seeing' it first. So, it was a surprise, late one night, when I ran into a chair.
Seems to me I had some help, and a discussion, where to put "said" chair as we were making room for a working craft corner for me. Something had to be moved so I could lay a claim to the floor to ceiling wall of windows.
Oh . . . I even went out and bought a shelf for the bathroom so there would be more room. Somehow, it got totally filled the same day it arrived. Go figure.
What's a gal to do when the whole bathroom is filled with "guy" stuff?
The little art studio sort of branched out some, too. She didn’t think I would notice the packages behind the stereo or the container of supplies behind a recliner, but I did. It’s the sheets of copper and pewter that were hanging in the shower that sort of got me shaking my head in disbelief, though. At one point, there was even a large cookie sheet in there that was later hidden somewhere after I politely asked why it might be in the bathroom. I knew, but was just being nice at the moment. I found it later -- in the coat closet.
Ummm once again … there's a bit more to this story -- but I think it is in another blog -- about the chemical reaction in the bathtub and the sledding on the cookies sheet. Thank god the man gets into writing and doesn't notice everything. LOL … at least not right away! Yeah, all this noticing stuff from the man who doesn't see well. . .
His "den" is actually his working room -- or Command Central -- talk about a room looking like it belongs in NASA control, how many PC's does one man need?? Four, maybe five on the network, sometimes all at once? And then there are the laptops. There's a computer dedicated to writing, another for politics, another for the sciences, another for Linux programming, and a couple little ones just for fooling around. Scary! Worse, they are all networked together and can “talk” with each other. (I found that out when I tried to change something on one of them. ( Whoops!)
And move out to the dinette and the TV's, radios, cameras, telescopes, stereos, speakers everywhere! Even an Eee PC near the table (though I do like that little thing). I opened the linen(?) closet. Oh yup, more little PC's just waiting to pop out and take up residence! No wonder the bathroom needed an extra shelf!!! Electronics use up all the storage space. LOL
Fact is, we both still have a little adjusting to do, but that’s coming along just fine. As I stand back and look (at the big picture) most all of it is rather funny. Or, better put, some of it is really hilarious! Maybe not at the moment, but certainly in the overall scheme of things it sure is
I've been trying to figure out how to fit just another tiny table or desk in front of those windows. I need just a "little" more room.
Just wait till Spring and it's his turn at my place!
Thank goodness the mans patience and sense of humor is as big as his heart!
Dancer 
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