A turtle without a shell... finds a shell

Yesterday was a big day for us and our simple, minimalist apartment: we FINALLY bought a desk. It's hard to imagine that we have gone all this time without a proper work-space. What is a 'student' and a professor without a desk? Until now we have been doing most of our work at the kitchen table, which will probably remain a place to use the computer and write since 1) that is the only place we pick up internet and 2) we only have one desk ;o)

The desk and chair, bought off Craigs list (of course), are very beautiful solid oak. The desk is rather small because we wanted to make sure we could fit it up the stairs and into the apartment, yet it was too big to fit comfortably in the car--we left half of it sticking out of the trunk, which we tied down with rope, and then had to drive several miles down I95. You occasionally see this sort of thing and pity (or snicker at) the poor folks with their trunks wide open and awkward, and I can't believe it was our turn to do it. I am so glad we made it!