Fun and Frolic With Long-Term Love

[Bluebird]

I got my period today, almost an entire week early. Bullshit.

Spoilers for Pandemic Legacy - skip down til you see ******

Holy crap! We beat May today, but only after losing once. We had to play with zero funding and almost won, but we had some bad pulls and the outbreaks fed each other. The second time we did much better, but of course this means our next month will have zero funding again! Lame. Our untreatable disease is Facebook, and it is kinda silly to see the Faded spread across North America and Europe. We have one Fallen city now - Tehran. Lots of 2s and 3s. Anyone else playing with the Colonel? We had him come up and we're like, NOPE! Our regular 4 have been the Scientist, Medic, Operations Expert and Quarantine Specialist.

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I am kinda bummed because we will be on break from Pandemic for the next two weekends because our other player is taking a trip to Georgia. It's all good though, because next Saturday is when PunkRock is working on the fireplace project and the following we will have an equally engrossing project to tackle. Still! I love this game lots!

We are now scheduled to have the plumber come out next Thursday. Hopefully we can get the electrician nailed down to Friday, but I have yet to hear anything. Tomorrow will be busy for us and I have no idea why I am awake right now. lol DarkKnight and I spent the morning at thrift stores and we ended up purchasing a pair of cool stools for the basement wargaming table. The two we have now are a bit short - these ones we just bought are adjustable and amazing. DarkKnight found them and called me over immediately, knowing that we HAD to get these for PunkRock. Yeah, no discussion was really needed. I love how the bases look like barber shop chairs. The pair cost us a little over $100. Totally worth it!

 

[Bluebird]

OMG yesterday was a mess when it comes to home improvement! I was quite out of sorts, but by the end of the day everything was ok. I think some of my fluster was due to my period, but there was definitely a bunch of stress just due to circumstances!

Ok, the day started off with the friend who was supposed to help DarkKnight with the electrical outlets just totally ghosting. I had talked to him the night previously and I was shocked that he just didn't show up - out of all of our friends, I would have thought he'd be dependable. It turns out he was out with mutual friends the night previously, got drunk and was sleeping until around 3 pm. At that point he texted me, apologized and did show up to help finish the job. So overall that worked out. Though DarkKnight was flying solo for most of the day, he managed to re-wire over half the outlets in the house. He and the friend were done with the whole place by 8 pm. We saved a lot of money by doing this ourselves - the electrician wanted $50 an outlet, so that was $1000 not sent out. Basically, the boxes were all grounded but still had old school 2-prong plugs. Now they have 3-prong plugs and look nice and shiny.

I wanted all of the switches updated as well because most are old and dingy, but we had to hold off on a few of those because they were 3 pole and DarkKnight hadn't bought any of those - so that's on my list today. Those types of switches are, for example, for when there is a light in the middle of the hallway, and you have a switch on both ends of the hallway that both control that single light.

We also discovered that the GFI outlets installed after our inspection were not all that great - we are missing three and one of the ones they installed is upside down and another is reverse polarity. DarkKnight is also going to rewire those tonight. I am pretty sure that the sellers did not hire an actual electrician to do this work! That said, we are hiring an actual electrician again to install a new outlet in the kitchen for the stove - now that I have the plumber coming on Thursday, I can call today to get the electrician on our calendar as well. I feel perfectly fine with DarkKnight swapping out outlets, but dropping a line and installing new is something I want done by a professional.

So that was DarkKnight's job yesterday and he did awesome. He was pretty tired though, but he still cuddled up and read to me last night before bed. He has been reading a chapter or two each night from Anna Karenina. It's all new to him but I have read it several times and I love the book so much! Anyway, it was a good night.

Back to the day though! PunkRock had quite a few things going on. He cut a dowel we bought to fit into the groove of our glass sliding door, so we now have a secondary form of security there. He also measured things for me as we discussed options in different rooms. He did repair the cut out window sill behind the new kitchen sink faucet - the half round trim is installed and glued. On Tuesday, he'll sand it down and then it will be ready for paint. I think it looks great so far:

PunkRock's big job yesterday though, was to paint my daughter's room - which will become home base for our feline leukemia kitties in less than 6 months. He pulled off all the doors and made sure all of the patching DarkKnight did last week was nice and smooth. The ceiling was finished previously, and now he has done the first coat on the walls. I think he won't have to do a second coat but it was still wet when we left, so we will see! The color is called pale honey, but I didn't get a photo of it up. Instead, I give you this:

That's a photo of the closet. He's painted that out as well, and the doors are removed. We had a discussion, and when I am shopping today, I am going to buy some 2-foot strips of vinyl - we are going to pull up the carpet to expose the hardwood floors, but lay down linoleum in the closet, on the floor and along the bottom of the walls. We'll trim it off, and the hope is that it will help keep things sanitary with the cat litter. I am sure both my guys are tired of me adding projects to their to-do lists, but this seems relatively sinple and it will have a positive impact!

 

[Bluebird]

My projects yesterday were all mixed up. Things started fine. I finally ordered the new shower curtain for the bathroom, and I determined that the vanity in there now is not caulked in, so if I do find one to replace it, removing it won't be too big of a job. I hate the bathroom floor even more now, but it isn't on my list so I am pretending it is fine for now. Here is my shower curtain:

After I ordered that, I decided I wanted to change up the lighting in the kitchen. I had already purchased a ceiling pendant, but I have been thinking of returning that for a while. It will be shared space with the super cool Sputnik light, and I think that since they will be in close proximity, the light I had chosen would compete for attention. So I ordered a new light, which is a flush mounted one:

I think it's cute, retro and still awesome in its own right, but not as flashy. It was also only $30, and the original purchase was $100 (though the amount I paid was $89, as we had savings through the Pro Desk at Home Depot.) Anyway, I am always up for saving money!

My major stress for the day though, came from the fireplace renovation. It is scheduled to happen next weekend, so I decided to finish up the decision making here, because most of the materials have already been purchased and delivered. The only part still left involved the bricks - since we are keeping the existing fireplace and extending it up to the ceiling, finding bricks that match is pretty important. Of course that means I totally am an idiot.

I had purchased three samples of thinset bricks from the store. I finally brought them over to the living room to compare, and ut-oh, they are 10 inch bricks and our fireplace ones are slightly under 8 inch. Neither Lowes or Home Depot sell this size individually. So, my $50 remaining budget imploded. My first thought was to try out brick paneling. The cost was slightly more and would be around $150. Unfortunately the paneling was ass ugly and didn't look like real brick at all, and the size, texture and grouting space was all mismatched. So a big X there.

Next, I started researching the brick that comes on mesh like some tile does. I was able to find some online that sorta looked ok - it was the same size and grouting space, anyway. However, the cost would be around $350. I was not happy about that at all, but it was better than not doing the project. I decided I needed to make a trip to both Home Depot and Lowes to really see the texture though. Here is the texture of our existing brick:

Yeah.

Ok, I get to Lowes and apparently all the brick tile stuff is special order. The desk isn't open until the next day, and the guy working tells me he doesn't think any of it is returnable. Meaning, even if by some miracle the stuff I like is able to arrive before the weekend, if the texture doesn't match, I am still stuck with it. Spending $330 and having unusable materials is not something that sounds exciting, so I decide to ditch that idea. Especially since it looks like the earliest ship date would be late next week, after I need it to be here.

So now I am starting to be very worried. Home Depot didn't have any of the brick tile listed on their website at all. PunkRock had asked me to buy a couple of small things, so I went back to the house to drop that off and tell him about the dilemma. I decide to think about refacing the entire fireplace instead of matching the brick. PunkRock has never done tile work on a fireplace before but is willing to try it.

I get to Home Depot and return some things, including the light. I do a quick walk through of their flooring section but then decide to not do anything more until I do some reading online. Back to house, where I spend about an hour learning all about how the process of re-tiling works. Basically, I will have to buy some thinset mortar and fill in the grout lines in the brick. After that dries, a second coat will be needed, to smooth out the brick. Let that dry overnight, and then we'll come back the next day and put on a layer of heavy tile mortar, and then slap up the tile. It looks easy enough, and I am encouraged. After discussions with DarkKnight and PunkRock, it's a go. So today I will be shopping for tile. It looks like the cost will be right around $150. Still 3 times what I had budgeted, but since I saved some cash by returning the kitchen light, it should actually not be too much of an overrun. This is the tile I think I am going to go with:

That is 4 tiles in the photo - each one is 12x24. I am hoping not to stagger them, but instead do a straight up and down design. Here is my current inspiration photo, which is actually the picture I used to kickstart my cat highway plans:

So yesterday was a lot of running around, on the fly decision making and online shopping. This was stressful to me, because it wasn't at all what I had planned to work on. I think my period amped up the importance of everything, but it all ended well. I am excited to go shopping and pick out the tile today for real.

I will probably take DarkKnight over and help him with the remaining outlets and switches when he gets out of work at 3:30, but I will need to be done by 6, which is when PunkRock gets off of work. He and I are going to go to Film League tonight at 7, which is showing the original Beauty and the Best movie. I think it's from the 1930s? Anyway, date night takes precedence here.

 

[Petunia]

I think you did a bang-up job rolling with the brick obstacles and I love your solution. I love your inspiration photo and how it kick started your cat highway ideas. It's going to look fabulous!

 

[Bluebird]

So I made it out to Home Depot today and I bought lots of stuff. I did buy a tabletop tile saw, since it was only $100, and I figured that we'd need it for a couple of days now, and then we will prolly use it again when we do both the bathrooms and the kitchen floor too, eventually. I also got 4 boxes of the tile I posted in the previous journal entry, two different trowels, the large tile mortar, the grout, and the stainblocker for the grout. There were some other odds and ends I had to grab too - 3 more GFCI outlets, some switches, Drylock Fast Plug for when we get to the basement work, and oh, some tile spacers and some bullnose tile as well, which are for the fireplace hearth. All told, $390 today.

Gah! I am out of overage money now. I can't afford to keep bleeding. I still need to pay the plumber and electrician this week - I did get a hold of the electrician this morning and he's coming on Friday. So that's $1000 gone. I am excited though - I think we are all set for most of our projects and I feel good about getting them done. We are moving right along and I feel like I have NRE with the house. lol But this Friday will be 2 weeks of home ownership, and we will have spent $11,000 already. Crazypants. Even more so, that I look around and I can't see where it went because the work hasn't been completed.

That said, PunkRock messaged me today and said that there was a grill sale going on and he thought I might want to check them out as a gift for DarkKnight. It's so awesome when my guys think about each other! It makes me happy to be in such a good polycule. I did take a look at them, and our Pandemic Legacy friend was there and gave some shopping advice. That was cool. I told DarkKnight and he was very excited. I was concerned about burning up all my cash reserves, but we talked about DarkKnight's bonus and apparently he has a bunch of overtime coming in a check soon, so I am going to pull the trigger this afternoon. There's a really nice Weber grill that we all seem to like, so I think that might be it.

 

[Bluebird]

So we bought the new grill yesterday - we are all stoked about it, but concerned about where it will live. We really don't have a backyard to put it in! There is no cement at all behind our house, and our grass flows down and overlooks another street - it's like having two front yards, honestly. I have vague plans about landscaping and redoing the backyard come summertime, but nothing specific or budgeted out. We are going to use a landscape architect, I think, to really plan out the space. Until then, what do we do? It feels weird to put a grill on the front porch, so more than likely it will live in front of the garage space that got turned into a room. There's a covered concrete pad in front of it, before the driveway starts. It still will be weird to have a grill there. As I drove down my street yesterday I realized that all of the front porches were devoid of anything but seating. So, I am not sure if this will be a big no-no due to aesthetics or because someone might drive by, see it, and put it in their pickup truck, KWIM? I made a half-hearted suggestion to both PunkRock and DarkKnight about cabling it to a porch support post but then I feel strange because I've never felt like I needed to secure my stuff on my porch!

PunkRock and I went and saw the 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast last night at Film League. It was a good one! We went to dinner after, and then I got caught up on grocery shopping. I was super horny all day but PunkRock wanted sleep last night and he wasn't in the mood this morning. So now I am feeing out of sorts. I need sex. Course, I am on my period at the moment so I know some of this is due to that. Sigh.

Today I have to teach and we are dissecting whole chickens. The topic is the muscular system, so I think we should be able to see really well, the connective tissues and such. It should be a short class today though. I am tired and would rather sleep some but instead I am going to sign off here and go prep for class!

 

[Bluebird]

Oh are you for real now motherfucker?! I just lost a huge post. Ugh.

Fuck.

Tonight is all about painting, and how bad I am at doing it. PunkRock and I are at the new house. Let's talk about this.

First, I love the color in my daughter's room. It's a light yellow. PunkRock did an awesome job. I am supposed to be doing the trimwork, and I am not doing an awesome job. I am keeping it off the windows and walls, but I am just slow and shitty at it. Check out the window I did in 3 hours.

That's one coat in three hours. FML Seriously.

Oh, and the hardware! I apparently have 11 windows that need new pulls and locks. I bought 10, because they are sold in packs of 10. They don't sell them individually. After being mad at this discovery for approximately 2 minutes, I just decided to buy a set that is similar from Home Depot and it can be put on the one small window in the bathroom. It won't really matter that much, I hope. Still, that's lame.

Oh, and the color we chose for DarkKnight's office is turning out horrid. It is so very BLUE. Like, baby boy blue. Someone walking in will think we are painting a nursery. Sigh. I hope it dries a little less insane; maybe it's just being up against the color that was pre-existing that is making it so terrible.

I did get a lot of stuff in the mail today so that was fun. I am still waiting on 180 feet of thin black washi tape. Did I mention what we are doing above the stairs to the basement?! We are going to paint it white and then use the washi tape to lay out the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.

I am excited about that. I think it will be quite unexpected and supercool.

 

[Bluebird]

OMG so tired! I spent 6 hours at the house yesterday morning, just looking at bathroom tile and budgeting. I had to hang around while the plumber was there. He drilled a hole through our kitchen floor in the wrong place, but no harm done since we are redoing the floors next week. $815 later and we have gas in our kitchen! The city inspector is coming out today "in the afternoon" so I will be stuck there again today.

Actually, the electrician will be there today at 7 am, so in a short bit I have to be there. Ugh. I want to sleep instead, but it ain't happening. PunkRock already left for work so I suppose if he can function this early, I can make an effort too.

The color of DarkKnight's office has calmed down a great deal, so we are all happy.

Last night DarkKnight took home the Sputnik light for our dining area so he could start assembling it. Unfortunately, the end of one of the arms is broken. We have initiated a request with the Amazon seller and I hope it gets resolved quickly. It's looking cool as fuck.

I am really excited to get the real work on my kitchen started next week!

PunkRock started to dismantle the fireplace last night - thankfully everything came off in one piece! Here is the starting point:

The plumber removed the gas line and the logs & burner. PunkRock pulled off the mantelpiece and the bookshelf.

I can't lie - I was really nervous it would shatter into a million pieces, but PunkRock is a professional and had it down super fast with no issues.

That said, there are issues now because the hardwood floor underneath the bookshelf area is unfinished. It's just a small rectangle, but when we build out the wall, we now have to extend it on both sides to hide this. We had planned to have about 8-9 inches of the fireplace sides to be showing, but now the walls will have to be flush with the front of the fireplace. The good news about that is that there is less tile to cut and we may be able to return a box after the project is done. DarkKnight's cousin will be here on Saturday morning to start framing. Tonight PunKRock is going to paint the ceiling in the living room - it makes sense so he won't accidentally drip anything once the tile goes up!

 

[Bluebird]

Gosh this really is turning into a home improvement journal, but this is my life now. Lol What else can I write about? Uh, PunkRock and I have had mind-blowing amazing sexy times the last few nights. That's probably the truth as to why I am so tired! I haven't had any sort of sex stuff at all with DarkKnight in a long while and that makes me sad. I think we may rectify that tonight. He and I are going out Saturday night for Valentine's Day - we bought tickets to see Pirates of Penzance at a dinner theater in a nearby city. I think it will be super fun! I am not sure what I will be wearing, but I don't have cash for new clothes at the moment. I'd rather buy stuff for the house!

Cat update - our two FeLV+ kitties will be back at the clinic next Thursday to see if they have managed to fight and become negative on the SNAP tests. I think we are all nervous about that. If they are positive, we will transfer their case to be fospice rather than foster care. They'll be with us until they pass away. If they are negative, we then get to shell out $400 for the secondary testing and hope that they are negative there as well. If they are, then they will be available for adoption. I am hoping for good news!

I am going to be selling my telescope, as soon as I get some time to take photos of it. Our new house is oversaturated with light pollution, since we are more in the city. So I won't be able to use it much. Also, it isn't travel-friendly, so it just makes sense. Selling it is a big flag for me that I will no longer be teaching in about a year, so it's a little sad. I plan to teach Chemistry starting in the Fall and that will run for a full year, but then I am done. Onward and upward! I am still uncertain as to what I will be when I grow up, but I am thinking it will be computer related and contract work. I want to have the freedom to make my own schedule, and as I don't need benefits, I am hoping to be able to sign on to projects and work til they are done, and then sign off and take trips. We will see if that is at all feasible. PunkRock is interested in retraining into a computer field as well - this may be something we explore together, which is exciting.

 

[PinkPig]

I'm enjoying your home improvement blog I know I've said it before, but I adore your little poly family. And I love hearing about your home improvement projects. Later this year/next year, I plan to start some minor renovations/cosmetic work on my home...seeing yours is getting me excited!

 

[Bluebird]

Awwww thanks! Definitely seeing other people's work is a boost to me - I am a Pinterest junkie lately. I am getting excited about our outdoor spaces and designing those. PunkRock wants to plant a Japanese Red Maple tree to symbolize our love - he mentioned this when we got married, and now that we own a house, we will make it happen. We need to figure out where everything will be though! I have been looking at pebble mosaics and gardens and pools and patios. Lol So many ideas!

I called my mom this morning because my dad died two years ago today, but she just wanted to talk about how my brother's baby mama is so mean and unfair to him. Their second child is due in July and she apparently believes that my brother could be doing more. I kinda agree, so I just try to tell my mom that she is only hearing one side of the story, from my brother's perspective. She doesn't want to hear it though - he can do no wrong.

I am about to pop into the shower and then head over to the new place. We have a wall to put up today, and a basement kitchen to remove from the house. Big changes!

 

[Atlantis]

I am really enjoying the home improvement pics too. Keep 'em coming, please.

 

[Bluebird]

This will prolly take several entries and I only have a few minutes. Yesterday was the remodel from crazytown. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. Actually, I guess I have a couple of days worth of photos to post. Sigh.

Ok, first up, let's talk about my kitchen and the basement kitchen, shall we? We paid the plumber a little over $800 to run a gas line into my kitchen for the new stove. The inspector came over and everything is awesome. The electrician did his thing too, so there is an outlet there now. We decided to leave the old huge outlet there so future owners can have a choice between gas or electric. Aren't we nice?

Things are still on track to have the new appliances delivered on the 22nd. We already received the center grating of our stove, in the mail. The stove comes with a griddle but we purchased an extra grating so when we need 6 burners, we will have 6 burners. Pretty sweet. The plumber will be back out on the 23rd to install all the appliances.

Speaking of appliances, we still haven't sold the old dishwasher. We had a guy come out to rip out the basement cabinets yesterday (more on that later) and I offered him the dishwasher too. Unfortunately, it seemed to keep getting caught on a lip of linoleum, so we told him it was fine to rip out the piece. Oh holy hell did that go to shit quick. The linoleum underside is skimmed with mold and parts of the subfloor are also covered. We tore up a section of the plywood and unearthed a gorgeous (sarcasm) second layer of linoleum. We didn't touch that as it looks original to the house and it's probably all asbestos.

Lovely. The plan now for the floor is to rip out all the top layer of linoleum and cut out the affected plywood subfloor and replace those as well. We'll just cover over the original floor intact. When we get the plywood down, we'll do the peel and stick vinyl over it. That's all happening next week.

So we have a plan, but stuff is still shitty. Why? Because the dishwasher is still there. The thing is HARDWIRED in electrically. The pipes are almost impossible to get to - right now we are thinking we might have to actually tear apart the cabinet and counter to get it out. I kinda need my cabinet and counter, so this is not great. PunkRock is going to mess with it more later, but there were other things to worry about. However, this has to be dealt with soon - did I mention that all of the kitchen work needs to be completed next week? Sigh.

Oh, and the basement kitchen is still here. The guy came over, so upbeat and excited to salvage it for his own living space, only to leave with only the stove hood and sink. First issue was that the shutoff valve to the sink was broken and we had to turn off water to the entire house. Some wrench work got it working, but it needs to be replaced. I actually have caps to the supply pipe in my pocket at this moment - we bought the wrong size this morning and I am in the Lowes parking lot, having just finished exchanging them. Anyway, that's relatively small potatoes. The cabinets - holy fuck, some yahoo put these together! Unlike the ones upstairs which are hung intelligently with screws along the back wall, the installer of the basement kitchen slammed in finishing nails every 4 inches. I wish I was joking. Every attempt to remove them ended in splintering and destruction. We had to admit defeat and I didn't get to gift anyone anything. Well, I guess he got the sink and stove hood, but still. Now I have to schedule time down for PunkRock to hit it with a sledgehammer. Ugh.

This morning my laptop refused to turn on, giving me a "fan error." I had planned to spend the entire morning budgeting, scheduling and getting caught up on paying the regular monthly bills and doing my son's taxes. Wrong. After I finish typing this I am heading back to the new house to drop off the pipe caps and to pick up DarkKnight so he can come fix it. Hopefully. He's been at the house all morning, working on some 3 pole electrical switches. He didn't want the power on and off whenever PunKRock was working on the fireplace.

Oh, the fireplace. More not awesome updates coming soon.

 

[Bluebird]

Before I forget - the basement ceiling is now full of holes. The plumber had to reroute things differently than planned.

Since our to-do list includes ripping down all the ceiling anyway, I guess no big deal. Still. Ugh.

Ok the fireplace isn't plumb. It is sloping back a little bit. Not terrible news but still a pain. I had to spend $75 yesterday, and PunKRock grabbed another $10 worth of stuff. Today I had to pay $30 for a stupid porcelain drill bit. So yay! to everything costing more than expected. Lol

DarkKnight's cousin came over yesterday and built the support wall for the front of the fireplace:

Then PunkRock came home and put on two coats of thinset. This is a photo taken after one coat.

This morning after two coats are dry:

Not too shabby. My main concern now is the floor surrounding the hearth - pulling up the furring strips shows that the floor wasn't stained there. I think we will have to install some painted trim around the entire hearth to cover the floor.

 

[Bluebird]

Today, DarkKnight's cousin is back and PunkRock is utilizing him to start the tile. They got the backerboard up and the support for the first row of tile before I left to go spend time with my son.

I have a to-do list now tomorrow that is at least 10 action items long, all having to do with my son and his finances and insurance. Crazy. Still, it all needs to be handled and someone has to do it. I am keeping my fingers crossed because my computer is still out of commission. Right now I am out and about, waiting in my car as my son needs a paper signed by his property management company and the guy is flaking. After a bit more we are going to go over to the new house - he hasn't seen it yet.

 

[Bluebird]

Good news! DarkKnight cleaned out the fan and now my laptop is back to being great. So happy!

As of 7 pm, PunkRock is still hard at work - but things are looking amazing!

I now have to schedule things for next week. I am nervous about timing; I need to order a dumpster but we can only keep it a week so I need to figure out scheduling EXACTLY. So far, nothing has worked out to plan so who knows?! I am supposed to, but yikes!

 

[Petunia]

Your fireplace is going to look amazing!

 

[Bluebird]

I hope so! PunkRock is going back over tonight to finish up the tile work on his own, but then we have to shift rooms and do nothing but kitchen stuff the rest of the week. Appliances are being delivered on the 22nd, so we have to finish painting and flooring before then. It's going to be hectic, especially with the dishwasher still stuck in place. Hopefully we can get that dealt with so we can move forward with the rest of the plan. The walls on either side of the fireplace in the living room won't get any attention now for a couple of weeks. This bugs the hell out of me, but our timeline is set and I have to just deal with staring at an unfinished project for a while.

I am leaving in a short bit to go hang out with my friend, and I can't wait to see her. I think we last hung out right before Christmas. She's the one who came out as bi, and poly, and then is now separating from her husband. I can't wait to hug her!

Besides that, today is all meh. There's a huge wind storm going on and people in town lost power last night. We didn't even flicker. I have no idea about the new place - I guess we will find out when we go over later! DarkKnight fixed my fan in the computer, so I am back online, which meant I got to spend this morning paying bills. I paid EVERYTHING, so I don't have to deal with it later in the month. I also did a whole bunch of paperwork for my son, and made appointments for him. I also moved around a doctor appointment for PunkRock, as he had a scheduling conflict.

I am beat. Remodeling is still fun, but wow, this is a logistical mess and a budgetary crazyshow. I spend more time moving money around than anything else. I think we've spent $12,000 in the past two weeks. That's cash, not charged. I have yet to sit down and actually total up everything. It's more been like, what is getting paid when, and can we afford to add this in?

 

[Bluebird]

So, this happened.

DarkKnight was supposed to assemble the new kitchen table and chairs, but the tabletop was broken, right out of the box. He said it looked like there was hardly any padding at all inside of the shipping box. So now we have an email out to the seller. It's like, really??? The chairs were ok though, thank goodness. DarkKnight said they are uncomfortable, but less so than our existing game room chairs. Sigh. Personally, I wouldn't know, because I stayed at our current house tonight.

PunkRock was late getting home from work and he was frustrated and unhappy with his job. So rather than have him go to the house and tile the fireplace, I sent him into the bathtub for a soak and then let him fuck my tits when he got out. I'm a pretty nice wife, if you ask me. I was actually really horny and I had already decided I wanted him home when he was running so late. He helped me play with the new fun toy he bought me at a Christmas, so we were both feeing pretty good after.

We just took a look at the calendar and the schedule I have in excel for the new house, and I think we are good moving forward. Hopefully nothing too terrible shows up with the rest of the remodel!

 

[Bluebird]

Yesterday morning I was awoken with more sexy times with PunkRock, which was a surprise but very welcomed. I ended up having to run over to the new house before my class started, and then went over to his work to return/exchange some items. The last couple of times I have been there, I actually didn't see him, as I've just been popping in and out and he's like, you know, working. Anyway, I texted him to let him know where I was in the store, and then to let him know I had left. He messaged me asking me if I was still around, and at that moment I had pulled into a fast food place on the other side of the plaza for lunch. He told me to stop. So I did, and then a few minutes later he appeared at my car window with a long stem rose. That was so unexpected and it brightened my day considerably!

Class went okay; it was a real short one as we were dissecting marrow bones and that is easy peasy. Next week is the nervous system and sheep brains - that will take a bit longer! I actually sold the cabinet I store all of my supplies in yesterday afternoon, but that's ok - I have all the stuff up on one of the built-in desks in my classroom. In the new house, my classroom has a swath of cabinets built-in already, for my supplies. Though, I guess I won't be taking much of this stuff - I am not ever going to teach Biology again. I did list of telescope for sale too. I am okay with that now too.

The plan for last night got all changed up. Initially, PunkRock and I were going to get a take-home meal to the new house and have a romantic dinner together and christen the place with him just wearing a new tool belt. Heh. Instead, he got held up at work and got home close to 7:30 pm. We went straight out to dinner and at a place we hadn't planned - the Peruvian restaurant down the street. I was starving and everything was delicious. They were really busy though and we didn't get out until after 9 pm, at which point we both decided it was too late to go to the new house and instead we just went home. I thought he was still going to initiate sexy times, but instead we just spent the night on our phones, reading Facebook and such. It was really not romantic and I was disappointed. In hindsight I think I should have communicated my unhappiness with this as an activity on Valentine's Day. It didn't make me feel good.

By the time we went to bed - after midnight - I started feeling incredibly anxious and upset about today. Stupid dental appointment! PunkRock gave me some affectionate hugs, but soon fell asleep. I couldn't, so I was up until around 4 am, just stressed out completely. I finally got some shut eye, but then I was up again at 8 because of anxiety dreams.

So, here I am awake. DarkKnight brought me my medication (thyroid & acid reflux) and gave me a kiss & hug, but that didn't help. I am absolutely going to talk to the dentist today about getting something for my next appointment on March 10. I am exhausted and stressed and overwhelmed at everything I have to do today on no sleep.

Right now I am about to go back upstairs and take a shower, as I have someone coming over to buy some furniture from me. Then I need to go to the dental appointment. No work has been done on the new house yet this week, so I am going to have DarkKnight drop me off there after he gets out of work at 3:30 - he is donating blood this evening, so he will have to come back later. We absolutely have got to get things started in the kitchen. I can begin ripping up the floor on my own; I am really confident in my ability with that! I have a message in to our friend at the animal shelter - I am wanting to take our two FeLV + kitties for their tests today, to see if they are reading a positive. If they are, this will be a true positive, and not a leftover from their mother. This is making me a little sad, but I mostly just want to have the process going, one way or the other, you know?