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bktheirregularSo apparently the riots feared yesterday didn't materialize. Maybe the massive police presence at various points through the city, and the near-lockdown of the center of town, had something to do with it.
The office closed up in the afternoon, to be on the safe side; it gave me time to unpack some more boxes. I think I'm down to a dozen remaining; about five of those are kitchen stuff, which will have to wait for Saturday, when a cabinet-maker's supposed to come by and actually build stuff. (The carpenter who'd come recommended left the job in the lurch, and was blatant and excessive enough about it that the plumber who'd recommended the carpenter to us got mad and refunded the half-down deposit we'd paid the carpenter out of his (the plumber's) own pocket, and made noises about how he'd go after the carpenter himself to square the books between them.)
Still some stuff left to be done. Light fixtures, for one; there's a temporarily rigged weak spotlight in the bedroom which doesn't light things worth a damn (which is why I was so grateful for daylight to unpack with). Need to get some more furniture, organize papers, probably invest in a filing cabinet, and a desk for one corner of the living room to use as my work space. And a chair. And a TV - I've been told time and time again that I should watch Greek television to try to help improve my language skills. And with that comes a low table for *that*. And ... yeah, it gets kind of complicated, I know.
Still. Waking up and seeing blue sky out a window? Priceless.
The office closed up in the afternoon, to be on the safe side; it gave me time to unpack some more boxes. I think I'm down to a dozen remaining; about five of those are kitchen stuff, which will have to wait for Saturday, when a cabinet-maker's supposed to come by and actually build stuff. (The carpenter who'd come recommended left the job in the lurch, and was blatant and excessive enough about it that the plumber who'd recommended the carpenter to us got mad and refunded the half-down deposit we'd paid the carpenter out of his (the plumber's) own pocket, and made noises about how he'd go after the carpenter himself to square the books between them.)
Still some stuff left to be done. Light fixtures, for one; there's a temporarily rigged weak spotlight in the bedroom which doesn't light things worth a damn (which is why I was so grateful for daylight to unpack with). Need to get some more furniture, organize papers, probably invest in a filing cabinet, and a desk for one corner of the living room to use as my work space. And a chair. And a TV - I've been told time and time again that I should watch Greek television to try to help improve my language skills. And with that comes a low table for *that*. And ... yeah, it gets kind of complicated, I know.
Still. Waking up and seeing blue sky out a window? Priceless.
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