Went in to the rental this morning and got the second coat on all the woodwork in the second bedroom. When I was done I went into Emporia and got some groceries and ran errands. I ended up stopping at six different places. I was in town for two hours which is a long time for me. I was tired when I came home.
I unloaded the car and put everything away and then went back to the rental house and put the second coat on the walls in the second bedroom. Tomorrow I will need to do some touch ups in both bedrooms and another coat on some of the closet doors. They are taking three coats to get them looking nice. Then those two rooms will be ready for the carpet to be laid Friday morning. Yay! I am anxious to se the rooms with the new carpet as it will really help those two rooms look done.
Tomorrow I am going to go to Wichita and make a return of an item at Home Depot and do a Costco run. I will either get my painting done before I leave or when I get home. It will depend on what time I get up and going tomorrow. I don’t think the touch ups will take very long. I may not get any other painting done tomorrow but we will see how I feel when I get home from Wichita. I don’t like to shop and it wears me out to do so.
I may try to find a store and look for some curtains for the rental house. I’m not sure I want to put some up as I doubt that the renter will like what I put up and will want to do something different. We will see what I decide to do. Did I mention I don’t like to shop?
Jim’s oldest son is testifying before a House Committee in DC tomorrow on employment of youth. His son is a subject matter expert on youth employment. Jim is so proud of him and plans to get up early tomorrow so he can watch him testify.
I had ordered two boxes of siding pieces for the rental house several weeks ago. The handyman popped in while I was painting today and said he didn’t think that was near enough. I ordered them from Home Depot so will check tomorrow to see if it is something they keep in stock or if I have to order them. They are over $100 a box – dang! That little project is going to add up quick. He thinks I need at least five more boxes if not more.
I have a crisis hot line shift tonight but may not get on. I am tired as I didn’t sleep much last night again and didn’t get a nap today. I painted for over four hours today and went to town for over two hours. When I am really tired I don’t feel I do a very good job on the hot line. I’m still on the fence as to what I want to do about the hot line anyways. Not feeling the urge to get on tonight.
Friday I hope to get the rest of the woodwork first coated in the living room, dining room and kitchen. I have a few kitchen cabinets that need a bit of touch up I would like to get done too. Then Saturday I can put the second coat on all the woodwork in those three rooms and a second coat on the walls in the living room and I will be done with the inside painting. I will still need to paint the back room and the outside of the house but the inside painting project is almost done! Yay! This has turned into a much longer project than I had expected it to be. I’m ready to move to the outside job.
Once I get the inside painting done I will need to do a very good job cleaning the inside of the house and getting rid of all the paint splatters. I got the laundry room done the other night. It is fun to see a room look so transformed. It is amazing what a coat of paint will do to a house.
The weather forecast for next week is calling for a 50% chance of rain every day. That might slow down my outside painting and repair project. We will see what happens. It rarely rains all day but I do need it to be dry long enough for the paint to dry. If it rains maybe I will have time to get this house cleaned. It is starting to bug me it is so dirty again.
I had a better day today emotionally. Not sure what is up but the last several days have been hard for me. Hoping I have turned the corner and put them behind me now. I’m ready for some smooth waters for a bit. I have cried more this last couple of days then I have for months.
Grateful for the painting that I got done today, grateful my errands got done, and grateful the end of the inside painting project is close.