Final additions

We acquired our last major addition to the apartment this morning: weights! Luckily there is a store in town that offers free shipping, so they arrived at our doorstep. I'd hate to have to carry all those metal plates across town! Since I haven't been doing much yoga lately (instead, I have managed to run every morning since arriving, though a shorter distance than what I did on Prospect Hill), I am going to start lifting weights a few times a week, too. No more flabby arms :P

I filled in the other important apartment items two weeks ago at Ikea--a dish rack and a shower curtain, which I had not seen ANYWHERE else. Figures I had to go to an 'international' store in order to keep water from flooding out the bathroom!

In addition to keeping water IN the bathtub, the curtain also helps to trap the heat from the water. The past couple weeks have really cooled off to the point where we get the chills really bad, especially after showering. The temperatures have been similar to that of Waltham--I think it was in the mid-40s last night. We could see our breath this morning! I hope this is below average, because if temps continue sinking we will be in bad shape this winter. At least we have a nice big down comforter to wrap up in :o)

You would think that with cool weather the mosquitoes would have subsided. However, they seem to be totally oblivious that it is nearly October and no longer hot outside. We kill several in the apartment every day, and even though we use a mosquito net over the bed they continue to attack. Two nights ago I woke up to buzzing in my ear--the mosquito net was touching my face and the stupid thing bit me in the middle of my cheek! The last thing I wish we could get is screens for the windows, but since Ikea didn't have them this seems doubtful. Ergh...

A bit off topic, but poor Seth has still been having problems with one of his post-wisdom tooth holes. He had them pulled about a month before we left, but now, two and a half months later, he is still having issues with one of the extraction sites. In fact, to our shock, a couple weeks ago he pulled out a fragment of tooth that was left after the operation!! So disgusting!! However, we did get close-up photos of it and he is saving it in a special espresso cup that sits on top of the fridge. He calls it his relic. I have yet to break the news to him that he isn't a dead saint, but I don't want to make this process more painful for him than it needs to be (supposedly when fragments are left behind they can cause pain for months). Poor guy :o(