Roshani came and helped me and Kevin get the last of the furniture from Berwyn Sprout — she not only brought her big car for furniture that wouldn’t fit in my small one, but she brought me Sri Lankan short eats. This is true love.
(If you’re confused by the label on the container, Aunty Amirthi is me. Amirthi is my middle name, and what I’m known by in the Sri Lankan community.)
I’ve gotten everything out at Sprout by the deadline, but it was close — we needed to be done by 3, because Kavi had requested we go see Lightscapes at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and our tickets were for 4:30, and it’s a hike to get up there.
I have to admit, I was incredibly tired after doing a lot of moving furniture and bins yesterday (kids helped) and today (Kevin helped). There’s a lot of physical labor to this storefront thing; if you’re not able to move a lot of stuff around, you should be sure you can find / hire help. I went back East for a few days, and two different people asked if I’d lost weight.
I didn’t lose weight, but I did build muscle the last three months of hauling stuff from home to Sprout to the Shops to the new storefront (so much hauling), and I guess that showed up a bit. I also forgot to eat sometimes because I was working all the time — and forgetting to eat is NOT normal for me. I am normally a regular six small meals a day kind of girl [hobbit], plus maybe a bedtime snack.
Hoping to ease the schedule down a bit in 2026. I’m 54, and starting to feel it. I’m thinking I should make a wishlist of what I want more of next year. ‘More rest’ is high on the list.
I’m taking tomorrow off (lots of reading!) and New Year’s Day, we’re doing relaxed board game potluck open house.
Friday / Saturday / Sunday will be for clearing out the shed store at the Berwyn Shops. Hope to have it all done by the end of Sunday, and then can focus on semester prep the following week. Semester prep can mostly be done from bed, yay. 🙂
