The ride home from IKEA tonight should have taken a bit less than an hour. Then I got stuck behind an accident on route 128. After that I got stuck behind an accident on route 128. Oh for crying out loud. It took almost two hours.
Here’s a cat to cheer me up.
I just got back from the airport. I dropped off both kids. The only issue was a missed exit off of route 93 that caused a delay as we doubled back.
Here are a couple of looks at the Zakim Bridge, Northbound.
I had to go to a Fed Ex office, the grocery store, Lowe’s, and Home Depot. Success on all fronts. Everything that needed to be returned has been returned, and everything that needed to be picked up has been picked up… and I treated myself to stop at the sugar free bakery.
Picture, please? Okay.
How cute are they? I mean, really? How cute are they?
I took today’s photo a day picture before I did my exercise this morning because I knew it was an in-the-office day and I wouldn’t have a lot of opportunities for snappin’ pics.
Little did I know that just before I left the house, the cats would pose for me. I could have used one of these instead.
Oh well. Two Hipstamatic camera app pics of the cats because artsy and stuff. I can get behind that.
The cats were locked in a bedroom all day today while the work crews were here. They are free now though, and I think they will stay free for a while. Good kitties.
I just had my first bite of a hot dog since my gastric bypass surgery one year and 10 months ago.
It was goooood.
The tiles and the plumbing are done for today. Just touch up work left for tomorrow.
The last time we had a home improvement project done was about a year ago when we had new windows installed. When the project started we were so excited. After a few days without the project being completed our mood changed and the whole thing just became super frustrating. We wanted it to be over so that we could have our house back again.
We expected the kitchen remodel project we’re currently involved with to take ages. The contractor told us he would have everything installed by the end of the second day. Then we needed walls patched and tile work done, plumbing work, and touch up and paint work.
The tile guy got here yesterday around 8:00am. He left a little before 10:00pm. It was around 8:30pm or so when the mood for this project changed again. We just crossed some invisible line between excitement and frustration. It’s is totally unfair to the contractors because we are still in their estimated window of how long it would take to finish everything. It doesn’t matter. It’s all just stress now, no more excitement.
The tile guy is coming back today. The plumber is coming too. It’s 9:26am and we haven’t heard from either of them yet, but we aren’t expecting to until after 10:00. IKEA was just here picking up some of the things we need to return to them. There is a mountain more stuff that needs to be returned. We aren’t sure if we can get them to come back or not. I expect we’ll be driving down there one of these days soon. We also need to book a junk pick up because there’s a lot of stuff that needs to be removed still. We also need to clean off all of the dust that is covering everything before we use anything in our new kitchen.
I’m stressing out. We’re stressing out. It’s starting to be difficult.
I went to Home Depot this morning to pick up some stuff for the tile guy. Pics from the drive home… because.
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