Exactly! I need guidance, otherwise, "Oh look! A book! Hmm, a snack sounds good! This is a nice comfortable chair-- *zones out, staring into space for an hour while contemplating some plot or other*" Also, I find it easier to process letting go if I have someone to verbalize to. It drives GK crazy, hearing me burble on about when and where and with who I got a particular trinket. So I hope it works out with this guy.

I've already gotten started in the kitchen, because clearing off the tabletop hadn't been done in a while. That tablecloth needs laundering and while I'm at it, I can swap it for one of my holiday tablecloths. I'm determined to get the common area picked up enough that I can decorate for Christmas, with or without Lambie.

Gotta go! I only have two hours to get ready. It's like those old jokes about cleaning up before the cleaner gets here....