Hello, Tim!
Today is a day for labor. You’ll see why.
7/29, Sunday
At nine thirty, I went over to the community center to borrow a wagon to move most of my books downstairs to fit in the car of my uncle, who later arrived at ten. It was a small purple wagon, so I could only stack two boxes a time (plus stacking three boxes might be too heavy for the one at the bottom). Each box has about 35 to 45 books. Let’s do some calculations. Let’s assume every book is about 350 grams. Forty books in a box mean that each box is about 14 kilograms. Without a wagon, it would totally make my back hurt! By the way, to prevent back injuries for the second time, I fished out my long-unused medical belt just in case I put all the pressure and the weight of the books on the wrong places.
After a thirty-minute ride from Xindian to Tianmu, my uncle and I unloaded the ‘cargo’, and one by one, we hefted the ten boxes of books upstairs, settling them on the balcony, under the burning gaze of the sun.
One of the perks of having myself move the books is that I got to watch over the books so I could be less worried. Why put them on the balcony, then? That is because on Monday, people will come over and put the plastic planks on the current ceramic brick floor, and all the things would have to get out of the way or it would spell trouble for them. The only place where the planks won’t be installed is the balcony. Worrying about the rain is not necessary, for there are windows on our balcony to fend off the possible rain.
After the planks are set, I would move my books back inside.
This is all for today.
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