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Happy Mother’s Day to all applicable Mumpers! 
I lost my mom eight years ago, but for whatever reason Mother’s Day has never been particularly difficult for me (thankfully).
We had a serious thunderstorm late last night: I had just dozed off when the noise – from both the thunder and the rain (hitting the window) – woke me up. Today it’s breezy and partly sunny and currently a cool 60°F, going up to only 68, but at least there’s no more rain in the forecast until Tuesday. C’mon, early summer!
The College Hunks were supposed to arrive yesterday afternoon, but at 10:40am – as I was in the middle of drafting a post here – they called and asked if they could move my appointment up and arrive in ~30 minutes. That worked for me! I hadn’t done any prep yet, but it only took 15 minutes to add a bra and a baseball cap to my ensemble, strip the bed, put the coffee table in front of the piano (for easier maneuverability through the living room), and move the storage ottoman from the foot of the bed to another room.
They arrived almost exactly 30 minutes after they called, and everything went smoothly. The rain held off, and it was a cool day but not so cold that I couldn’t leave the front door and some windows open while they were working (with Bailey confined in the home office). Neither of the guys was exactly college-age or a “hunk,” but they were friendly and competent and that’s really all I hoped for. And they did add on the loveseat removal and new bed frame assembly! They said that technically they weren’t allowed to assemble new furniture (only furniture they had disassembled/moved), for liability reasons, but sometimes being a cute-ish female works in my favor. 
It also helped a lot that the bed frame was an easy-assembly, no-tools-required jobby…and, that one of the guys had the same frame at home. It truly was super simple to put together, but it was definitely easier for two people than it would have been for just me.
After they left I did some minor rearranging/reorganizing, and I’m quite happy with all of the results. Bailey hasn’t jumped up on the newly-lowered bed yet, but I think she’s low on energy at the moment because she hasn’t eaten much over the past couple of days due to the recent storms/rain (edit: she just ate her breakfast! phew!). In addition to being lower, the bed is now also closer to the wall: the previous headboard was slightly curved, which resulted in the bed taking up roughly an additional foot of space. Now the BR looks/feels bigger, which is nice. The “lower” part is for the dog, but the “get rid of the giant headboard/bed frame” part is something I’ve had in mind for years. The LR also looks/feels much better without a second couch in it. I have no idea when the new dog bed will finally get here (it’s been on back order for almost three weeks; I might call the company tomorrow), but whenever it does there’s a space waiting for it.
I did a minimal amount of volunteer-related stuff before starting this post, but otherwise it’s been a nicely quiet and slow morning. I have no plans/nothing else to do today, so I’m looking forward to a lot of quality couch time as I recover from yesterday’s rearranging/reorganizing. And I have leftover pizza for lunch…mmmmm.
FWIW, the added “(e)” still makes me chuckle. 
That is standard practice for BAE, but only since last year (previously, no salary info at all was included). The listed ranges will be pretty wide, because they’re all about the position’s corporate grade; not necessarily the job itself, or what the hiring manager might be willing to pay. When someone really has no idea of what kind of salary to expect/request, my advice is to target roughly the middle of the advertised range: the top end isn’t necessarily out of the question, especially if someone is a super strong candidate, but the middle is the safe zone.
(Hiring managers kind of hate that the ranges are advertised now.)
Yeaaahhh I’m gonna agree with “disturbing.” Definitely feels like There’s Something About Mary.
LOL!!
Nice to meet ya! But sorry to hear about the devastation in Tallahassee. Ugh.
I had my loveseat posted on FB Marketplace for a few hours one day last week, and got two messages: one asked “how long have you had it” despite the month and year of purchase being in the ad (I ignored that message), and the other quickly started to feel a little scam-y.
My ad said “cash or Venmo only”: she offered Zelle, which my credit union doesn’t support, so I pointed out the ad language and asked about Venmo. She said yeah sure no problem and that she’d transfer the money right then, and asked if pickup the next day at 5pm would work (I said yes…and, foolishly, gave her my home address). But, then she said Venmo was asking for an email address to confirm the receiving person’s info. Every time I’ve used Venmo they’ve asked for the last four digits of the person’s phone number, not an email address, but there’s an option for skipping that part (not to mention that I have a very unusual last name, so it’s not like she had to distinguish among multiple Mary Smiths): I told her as much, and suddenly stopped hearing from her. And I never got the money. And no one showed up the next day. I can’t imagine what someone would gain from having my home and email addresses…maybe those were “starter” requests, and she would have eventually asked for more sensitive info? Anyway, after those two responses – and after arranging for the College Hunks to deal with the bed – I decided to delete the listing and have the Hunks also take the loveseat away (they’ll give it to Goodwill).
Yay!
HA! 
Indeed. 
Ooooooo, that sounds good…I haven’t had an ice cream sandwich in years. I always liked the cheap, store-brand ones. 
That looks great!