Well, I just re-read my entry and where it says that DarkKnight wasn't able to agjust his withholding, instead it should have said he WAS able to adjust it. Pffft.
Um, I made a huge error in my math recently - I forgot to take into account the check written to the HVAC guy when the central air was out. Fuck! Now I will be short $300 until I can figure out how to adjust things. Totally my fault. Short term this just means that I am ok as long as the contractor doesn't come today to finish the studio subfloor. Tomorrow, ok, but today would be shitty.
I am EXHAUSTED today. PunkRock got stuck at work last night and it was close to 3 am before it was lights out here. I was unpacking books for hours and hours, so I was definitely occupied! He had to get up and go to his surgical follow up appointment this morning, and I had a friend bringing me over an IKEA bookcase for my classroom, so no sleeping in here. We're going to go back to bed when he gets back.
My son and youngest daughter were amazingly helpful yesterday! My son came over and helped me roll out the carpet remnant, and then vacuumed it with the shop vac.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/nNTKEGvGhO7Ga9QvZIdZIL5GawQ59CUn3mmpyRLuVzW
Then my two kiddos brought boxes down the stairs, out of my classroom into the space in the basement. I am achy all over from my part in that endeavor - I gathered and staged the boxes for travel - I had to separate out the ones staying in my classroom, and pass along the ones labeled with books, to be put in the center basement area. Everything else went in the back part of the master bedroom, stacked up to the ceiling for now. When the art studio is complete, all of those will be unpacked then. Right now they just need to live someplace other than my classroom. Actually, we ran out of space to stack them, and I still have some shelving, Rubbermaid totes, and about a dozen boxes that need to GTFO of my classroom space! My built-in cabinets are full of home remodeling supplies too. It's a start though - I was able to unpack ALL of my board games finally.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/B1bExCUnWY8SkmQGsSgzOFtiUluxsQZcHUcwZLHrc69
Right now the closet bifold doors block some of the games, so I couldn't really get a great shelfie, but you get the idea. We have decided to keep them up for now - they are housed in my classroom, and I want to be able to close them up and not have them be a distraction for the students.
So, this is the current state of being in the basement! Center area:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/lZoQSwYMr6G9lfCTZzxApCz0hi2dIgHUnV8gWukoa2u
Once the studio subfloor is complete, the shared flooring can be installed in both spaces. Until then, we can't bring anything into this space, because it will just have to be moved off. It gives us a good work area for now, so any wood cutting or whatever can be down down here.
Master bedroom:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/HU10zzIoBUUgnWsOWzVmYO7biCvZ4kQiuRX395GWqWV
I am really happy with the overall layout! I wish the boxes weren't here, but they're not in the way, except to make everything look cluttered up. Hopefully they will be emptied and gone in a week or so. I did alter my plan a little - instead of having the 2 sets of bookshelves on one side and another set opposite, creating the room entrance in the center, I shoved them all together. This allowed the window in the center area to be blocked from view when in bed. Now the morning light isn't be as annoying!
Looking at the last photo, I think I am going to have DarkKnight paint the back of the wood-look shelving, black. We have a gallon of black paint someplace in this house, and my game table upstairs will need a new coat prior to my class beginning. I am still putting together my big "here's the shit still needing done to the house" list, so it's just a matter of adding that on and then telling my dudes what to do, and convincing them our lives will be amazeballs if we get this done. lolol