Tag: bathroom remodel

No Escape

I’m working from home today.  The contractors are cranking away in the bathroom.  It’s kinda loud in here.  I had a 10:30 meeting scheduled with my boss.  Just our 30 minute once-a-week-check-in meeting.  If the weather were cooperating I would have just sat on the front steps.  Unfortunately it’s raining outside.  I had no where to hide from the noise in the house, I had no where to go outside without getting soaked.  I therefore decided to join the meeting while sitting in the car.

15 minutes into the 30 minute meeting one of the contractors came out to ask me a question.  DAMN IT!  There really is no escape.  This whole bathroom thing is stressing me out to the max.  I should have just taken two weeks of vacation time so that I could just be there for the bathroom without having to worry about work.  Or course, I don’t have two weeks of vacation time banked up right now so that’s a Moo Point.

You know,a moo point… it’s like a cow’s opinion, it’s meaningless.

Yes, I have in fact seen every episode of Friends.  Wanna make something of it?  Huh?  Do ya?

Didn’t think so.

I am so ready for this damn project to be finished so life can go back to normal.  I want to sleep in my own bed with the cat jumping on my head.  I want to shower in my own house.  I want to piss in my own pot.

Conflict

The bathroom project continues.  There are two contractors working here today.  They are hanging wall board.  How awesome is that?

It’s a little strange though.  I don’t think they like each other very much.  Either that or they just don’t like working together. One guy is doing a lot of bitching about what the other guy is doing, and the subject of the bitching is defensively bitching just as much in return.

I haven’t had a chance to look into the bathroom yet.  I’m working from home today so I am stationed at the dining room table as usual.  I did have a 30 minute conference call a little while ago that I called in to while sitting on the front steps outside.  That was a pretty sweet way to attend a meeting, I’ll tell you that for nothing.

Progress

Jen worked from home today so that I could go to the office. The plumber was supposed to show up at noon. He showed up at 2:00. Oooookay. Still, he got his work done, including replacing a bunch of old pipes and installing a little thing that we in the bathroom business like to call: A TUB! WOOHOO!!

The electrician got here at about 4:00 and he’s still cranking away. Jen and the kids went to dinner together while I stay and electrician sit. Granted, I would much much rather be out with them, but I am really pleased with all of the progress being made today. Obviously I would have preferred that it was done earlier, but what can you do.