Shelves!

2/10/26 OMG, give a mouse a cookie…

I ran out of space. I took in an estate collection I wasn’t intending to take, and…I just…ran out of space. So, build some shelves. Easy, right? Ugh.

First, box up all of the books on the current shelves. Move out the current furniture and stored stuff. Then, what the heck, pull up the janky, dark laminate. Only to discover that the foundation is *riddled* with cracks. So, deal with that.

Then, have to paint the walls behind where the bookshelves are going to go. Because I can’t paint *after* the shelves are up, duh, so I have to do it now. Ugh, then I have to paint the other walls, because it’d look just dumb to have some walls painted, and not others. So…now all of the walls are painted.

Then, as long as I’m building shelves, I’m going to BUILD SHELVES.

63 linear feet, floor to ceiling, 4 tier, 2-3 foot deep, sturdy enough that I can climb them like I’m climbing a rock-wall. If I’m going to do a thing, I’m going. to. do. a. thing.

Then *unpack* and sort all of the boxes that were packed. Move back in all the storage and cabinets and such.

And, somehow, 2 more weeks of my life have gone by. But, I have shelves!