sofa

my sofa came today!!!

i chose the "morning delivery" option and set my alarm for 8:45 in anticipation of the 9-12 o'clock delivery period. unlike the stereotypical american delivery service, japanese delivery services (in my experience thus far) are usually quite prompt and sometimes even call a bit ahead to confirm that you'll be home.

they arrived around 9:45 and brought my sofa in, put it where i wanted, and took all the cardboard and protective wrapping home with them!! i moved my tv to the table opposite the sofa, opened the 10meter tv cable i bought, ran it from my bedroom, under the rug and was all set up to watch tv from my sofa.

then proceeded to lounge in my sofa ALL day.

sometime in the afternoon, i broke out my new toaster and made toast. then later an english muffin. then another piece of toast later. my new toaster makes PERFECT toast.

my apartment really is becoming home. it only took 10 months, but i love it. i can relax and really enjoy being home.

so, today was a perfect sunday, minus the fact that i needed to do a load of two of laundry but the snow (so rare in tokyo!) kept me inside. i just couldn't bring myself to go out in the cold. and if Carr hadn't had to work today, we could have lounged on the sofa all day...together. ;)