I spent most of the weekend visiting
sistaur who has been enjoying having her house to herself (and two dogs, a cat, and a rabbit) for the last few weeks. The departure of $HOUSEMATE was a Good Thing. The only downside was that there was a lack of some furniture after the departure. A couple trips to Ikea took care of that, or most if it. There is now a couch that folds down to being a nice, flat bed and a new kitchen table and chairs.
The ox-like powers? That was to get the old too-big-for-the-kitchen table into the basement, as well as collecting stuff from the stock/warehouse area of Ikea, and loading and unloading the car with said stuff. Fortunately
sistaur's car is a hatchback and there were bungee cords handy.
sistaur is thoroughly enjoying having the house to herself (aside from the critters) and being able to organize things as she sees fit. And choose the furniture as she sees fit.