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Remember I said Friday morning how I was feeling tightly wound? Later that morning I realized what the perfect cure would be - an emergency massage! So I emailed Mary and she had a 5:00 appointment available. It was heaven.

I spent a few hours with Simon on Saturday - his new apartment is very nice. Nick was picking up his stuff that day but Simon had most of his there already because he had taken Friday off. I saw the living room and said, "This is such a typical bachelor furniture arrangement!" They have 2 love seats that came from my work, used to be in the lobby a while back - both are pulled right up to the coffee table in front of the TV, leaving half the room empty.

They both slept at their apartment Friday night, Simon had his bed there but Nick slept on the floor with a couch pillow and a blanket. When I talked to Simon Sunday, I asked him if it felt like the big push was getting the apartment and moving - and now, after 2 nights here, "Wow, I really live here!" He said it did.

We went to Linens & Things where I bought him a shower curtain and a curtain for his bedroom window. He was like a kid in a candy store - we had to circle around twice so he could absorb everything. "Simon, we're finally bonding over one of my favorite stores!"

He called me later to tell me that as he was walking up the sidewalk to his apartment, a guy stopped him and asked him if he was moving in. When Simon said yes, the guy said, "Great, I'm moving out - so maybe we can help each other out." He gave Simon a Surround Sound speaker system, a glass coffee table and 2 glass end tables. Everything works, Simon said. I'm looking forward to seeing the place again when he and Nick have their stuff all set up.

It doesn't quite feel like an empty nest around here yet. That's probably not helped by the amount of mess he left in the garage and his room. He's not done yet but he worked really hard for a couple of days so I gave him a break about cleaning up around here. It felt a little bit different grocery shopping for just Steve & me but I'm not sure why - Simon practically never ate here the past year or so.

Other than that, I worked like crazy on Pine Tree Designs stuff. I feel like I have enough cards made. Enough for now anyway. I'll only have 4 framed pieces at Thursday's show at Casa Larga because I've been concentrating on the things that sell the most - the Sticky Notes and cards. Now I'm in the mode where the more I get done, the more I think I can get done. So I'm making about 100 pins. I'll post them later.

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