187.8 Pounds

Current mood: accomplished

On Superbowl Sunday our favorite furniture store had a 50% off sale. Like any other furniture needing family with a fresh income tax refund check in their hands, we sniffed out the good deal, ponied up in the ol' Ford and headed down to the Ashley store.

Travis gave me a time limit because after all, the game was to start at 2:00. I had to be done and out the door by 1:40. I practically sprinted through the store. I had researched the website for specs on dressers as our bedroom only had limited dresser space- 65 inches, to be exact. I had everything written down in my notebook but alas, I forgot it at home. I thought about calling Amanda to have her read the style names to me as we went through the store but Travis reminded me that would just make the journey harder on all of us.

I looked at 90% of the store when I happened upon one I recognized from my internet searching but didn't fall in love with when I saw the pictures. Rawley Creek was actually NOT something which would have normally appealed to me, but for some reason that black finish was gorgeous. The finish was black on the drawers and lower part of the cabinet and had a birch under-finish and a birch top as well. Oh, it was so pretty. So, we got it. And the matching bedside table.

The clerk at the counter said it would take two weeks for the furniture to be delivered. Apparently two weeks translates to four days, which is fine by me. When I headed out Saturday for errands Travis asked me to swing by the Ashley store and have the furniture loaded. I did. Then I realized, that's one heavy dresser.

When I pulled up and backed in the driveway I saw it stamped on the box, "Gross weight: 187.8 pounds." Travis is strong. He's really friggin' strong. I am not. No, really, the weights I pump when I do legs is astronomically disproportionate to that which I do on "arm" days. I am a total weakling. My dream is to do a real push-up. Hah, good luck on that one. I was totally freaked out about how we were going to unload the dresser.

Travis guided me as to how to get it out of the bed of the truck and walk it down to be level on the ground. Then the challenge was to get it in the house and down the two hallways and in the very small master bedroom (yes, small, we have the smallest of the four bedrooms). Somehow I got it. Travis took one end and I took the other and he had Nolan (poor baby) spotting my end as we went up the step into the house. The halls were actually pretty easy. The whole bedroom thing wasn't that bad either.

Yesterday my shoulder was killing me. It feels better today.

I helped lift 187.8 pounds.

Let's just round that out to 93.9 pounds.

Yay me.

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