The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend

Another weekend and more tasks slashed off the list.

Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law for spending their entire Friday night helping me hang three lights — including a Sputnik, wrought with peril (this light might be cursed), and the Sammy 55 on the TV room wall. The next day I built the second Ikea Besta Adal unit to create one, long mega-Adal, which I’ll be hacking with custom legs in the next few weeks.

Anna and I also hit Home Despot for some paint — for one of the pair of estate sale lamps (I went with “Grass Cloth”, though this ended up being too light) and my office desk (a choco brown, color name escapes me.) The desk gets painted this weekend, thought dumping a full glass of water on it last night was not a good omen.