An Introvert's Perfect Day

In the middle (because I still have stuff to do at the old apartment this weekend!) of a hectic week, it was a nice anonymous interlude. Quiet except that I sat in the room with the television on (the other room was too crowded). No one to speak to, except for a casual exchange with a man seated in front of me at the end of the afternoon. Limited cell phone use. Just me and some knitting, and my own thoughts. Problems with work? Can't deal with them today. Sorry, I'm unavailable. Plus, a nice long 90 minute lunch break, so I had some delicious cream of mushroom soup at Pompeii, and some shopping at the State Street Macy's, and Borders. Some Chicagoans have a problem with Macy's, but I don't. I had lost my jury summons document in the chaos of the move, and was cheerfully checked in, no problems. The personnel was very nice and respectful. That's always been experience with this process--the juror is held in reverence by the officials. The whole experience was very mellow, and I ended up not being selected, so service over.
I really like using the CTA. I find the system to be most efficient. I was worried that my new stop might be under construction, so I walked to a different one this morning. I discovered later that my stop is indeed open, and a very pleasant five block walk from the new apartment.
Today, even the Man, who can get a chill when it's 70+ degrees outside, admitted that our steam heated apartment is too hot. There's something disturbing about bundling up to go out over the light sweat that I have going on when I'm in here. I think that I now have four out of seven radiators shut off.
All my furniture and most of my other possessions moved over yesterday. What was a spacious apartment is now filled with my stuff, mostly still in boxes. I'm finding things that haven't been seen in years, including some work equipment from a job I left five years ago. Like everyone else these days, I'm feeling a tremendous need to pare down. Purging needs to happen. My goal over the next few months is to take something out every day. Starting with all the clothes that I don't wear.
Of course, with all this bad karma swirling around, I had to soothe myself. I bought myself this book today for afternoon amusement. This has some really cool designs that I want to knit. We know I have the stash for it.