And the project has made a start. First job was to clear the corner so that both bookshelves can be pushed together. My partner, let's call them J, and I had creative differences in how all this was going to happen. Also, we had to find a place to put all the stuff we moved. That wasn't fun. But I know my own book shrine is going to be so worth it! Newly blank space! The next step was to move the smaller shelf over to the corner. This was where we had creative differences. J wanted to just move the shelf with the books on it. I was like, "No way we'll be able to lift that." And J was like, "LET'S GO EXCELSIOR WHO CARES ABOUT SPNIE DAMAGE WOOOOOOOOO!" And JUST BECAUSE J was technically correct in that we could lift the shelf without taking the books off, doesn't mean that this was necessarily the best course of action. But low and behold, there it is, and I was feeling extra excited to take the books off the next shelf and move it.... Until I discovered that J had a plan to try and