The Bed Story
diaryland entry 1:20 p.m. - 2005-10-31
Okay, first of all, the whole story with my bed.
When I got here, the matress on my husband's bed was worn out and just a mess. So I demanded that we use our wedding money for a new mattress.
We went to Ikea, and found that the mattress we wanted wasn't in stock. So we put it off, deciding to come back a few days later.
A few days later, we went back and bought the mattress. It was delivered and it didn't fit the bed frame. It was too big. But it was the size we wanted, so we went back to Ikea and bought a new bedframe.
We got the frame delivered and went to put it together and couldn't find any screws or bolts. So Husband went back to Ikea and picked up a bag of screws. We put the whole bed together, which took 2 hours. And then we found the bag of screws in the bottom of the box.
The slats we got with the bed were not the type we were used to. Typical Ikea slats are just pieces of pine attached together with fabric and staples. These were curved pieces of plywood that we had to insert into little rubber doohickeys. I mention this because the first night in the new bed, at 4am, Husband's side of the bed collapsed. The slats fell off the side ledge and the rubber doohickey broke, leaving Husband's butt on the floor.
So the next night, Husband went back to Ikea (trip number 5) and got the old-style pine slats. Which is about 35 pounds of wood. So Husband had to carry this lumberyard home on the bus, in the rain. By the time he got home, he was cold and wet and very tired.
But we finally got our bed put together. And it is my favorite size. UK sizes, it is king size, which is queen size by American standards.
Today I went to the doctor to get my prescriptions. I got 2 month's worth of Paxil (the UK equivalent) and had to pay for it straight out, since there is no health insurance here. I was a bit scared about having to pay for it because that much Paxil in the US would cost about $150 if I had to pay for it without insurance. Here, it cost the equivalent of $11.
Alana
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