The Essential Things in Life

Night after the painting is done.
These are the essential "things" in my life now:

a toothbrush
a tube of toothpaste
some changes of clothing
water and cups
cable internet connection and my laptop
of course, electricity and air purifier
lamps
a sofa used as a bed

Squeezed Space

The painters are coming to do all the walls tomorrow. We spent last night and all of today rearranging the furniture and pushing each piece away from the wall, to the center of the room. Taking down books just to put them back again. Finding objects lost and forgotten for the past few years -- some of them we kept with delight but others are now lying peacefully in the trash pile...

Lily's room is done, the kitchen is done, the living room and the dining area and the main bathroom are all ready for them.