This morning was spent productively unpacking two 4-cu boxes and repacking four boxes with kitchen traps, china, and glassware that I want to keep but currently have no space for in the kitchen. None of this would have happened without the participation of SIL No. 1, who arrived toward the end of my first cup of coffee and slugged it out to lunch time.

Now I’m trying and failing to persuade my eight-year-old Bose Wave SoundTouch IV “music system” — what they say now instead of “stereo”) to connect to the house wifi. I would do a deep dive for advice into the Bose users’ discussion pages if only I had found the power cord for the desktop computer — but I haven’t. I also have yet to find the remote for the TV set, which is inoperable without it.

And my back is sore, which means no more unpacking today if I wish to be good for anything tomorrow.