Some assembly required

Last night I asked Doug if he'd help me assemble at least one of the bookcases because, you know, I would not get around to doing it and then be mad at myself. 

He did, and thank God he did. This was a lot more of a project than I imagined. The box says "some assembly required" and ... the some is like, all the assembly required. 

I bought these specific bookcases because of the height and the price. C had bought me a nice bookcase a couple years ago that is literally "unfold, slap the shelves on, done." but they are only 4 levels high. I'm using that in the bathroom these days and it is absolutely perfect. 

I wanted 6 ft tall shelves. And I bought the two individual shelves because the wider shelves looked even more complicated to assemble than these, and, if we didn't want the wideness we could put one shelf somewhere and the other somewhere else. 

I like these shelves. They're just right. Now we just need its friend next to it. Fitting perfectly, side by side. Full of books.

I looked at a lot of ads on the internet because you know when you start looking for something 200 advertisers are going to start bothering you. 

There were some really nice wooden bookshelves that I keep getting advertised to me. A little wider, same height, over 1000 bucks. 

Um. no? 

I'm kind of cheap but willing to spend maybe 300 on a bookshelf like that. A thousand clams is out of my reach. 

These? 99 bucks each. And I'd fill a whole room with them. 

After he set the shelves up, he took a nap (well deserved nap!) and I brought books up from the basement, joyfully. Happily. Now I have a lot more books that need a destination. Maybe it will happen tomorrow? We shall see!

We had talked about going to our bank, nearest branch in the next city over about 20 minutes away, but we didn't get to it. After I put books on shelves, I took myself for a short walk.  It was a good walk, a good pace, could have gone longer but the wind was blowing and I was ready to go home and ... move more books around. 

Digits below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. 14 min walk outside, .86 mi. 10k+ steps by bedtime.

blood glucose:

8am: 136
4:15pm: 101
10pm: 128

food & meds:
8am: jardiance+phentermine
11am: bowl of mac & cheese w/left over cheesesteak filling
1:30pm: met+glip
3pm: atkins protein shake
7pm: 2 bowls of cheesy taco macaroni (geoff style)
8:30pm: met+glip; 2 cookies from Aldi
white wine + diet ginger ale