Trying an email post!

[jenepel]

This is a venture into the unknown - I'm trying my first email post. It
took me this long to actually look up how to do it and make a key, but
it's nice since I can't get to LJ at work. So of course I am typing
this on my lunchbreak. :-) Here's hoping it works.

I'm pretty cheerful today, which is a little surprising since it's a
Monday and I'm at work, but a lot surprising because I was in the royal
bad mood to end all bad moods when I went to bed last night. I didn't
even really have a good reason; but I was frustrated, and tired, and it
was Sunday night. I think most of it stemmed from the fact that I went
to Ikea and bought some shelving. Now that's great, because I have
needed some for ages. I have books and DVDs triple stacked on the only
shelves that came in my room, and I haven't even bought a fifth of the
books I have stored at my parents' house. Not that I've ever had a flat
that could house them all. I could have brought some more shelves from
my parents' house or my old flat, except that my new room is such a
weird shape that I couldn't find ones that were narrow enough. So Ikea
to the rescue! I bought cheap, narrow, very tall shelving. The only
problem being that it is now sitting in pieces on my floor. I HATE
putting flat-pack furniture together. It's really at least a two person
job. Seriously, there is nothing like trying to put Ikea furniture
together to make you feel very very single. And curse that singleness.
I hate to throw out the feminist towel (mixed metaphor?) but I really
wish I had a boyfriend who I could turn this stupid job over to while I
just kind of read instructions and pointed.

It's fine. Really. I'll just call some friends and bribe them
(probably with food) into a "let's help Jenn. put her Ikea furniture
together" party. It will get done and I'm sure it will be fun (kind
of). But for a very frustrating few hours last night, I just wanted a
guy who would come over and do it for me. I think I'm mostly over it
now. I feel much more cheerful at any rate.

I think that's all I have. Just a little mid-afternoon bite-size entry
for you all.