My townhome sells on October 26. I will be in Europe October 22-November 1, so I have to move my crap to Tacoma the weekend of October 17. (Never thought my career as a project manager would prove useful in "real" life.) I already have movers scheduled to help with the big stuff I cannot carry alone that Saturday. I thought I would have one room completed by then so I have a clean place to sleep and work until the hardwood floors are finished while I am out of the country...but then I hit a snag. I called to order the carpet I wanted and SURPRISE! The price was per square foot, NOT square yard. Came to $1750 for a room. Say what? I hung up and began to panic. I am hemorrhaging cash right now, so what to do? Home Depot? I drove over and learned that installation is 4-5 weeks out, so they could not complete the work before Europe. I thereby resigned myself to ideas of meager comforts for a while. Good thing I like to camp. Bust out that tent! Then - of course! - my mom stepped in. She spent all of today visiting carpet stores in Tacoma researching lead times, installation, etc. She even tracked down a cousin who will install the carpet for cheap as soon as the carpet arrives, and lead time to get carpet is ~2 weeks because ALL carpet for some reason comes from Georgia. (Yes, I realize I said previously I will NEVER do business with a family member ever again, but this is an emergency: It's called, I am broke and need every "family discount" I can get!). We are going to pick out some cheaper carpet tomorrow and have it installed before October 17. Phew, disaster averted!
Meanwhile, the electricians finally finished up yesterday. The fixtures look fabulous. They broke one glass globe and the door to my attic, which I don't consider too shabby for 20-something boys. (The toilet is another matter.) I also had a contractor come over yesterday to measure the front and back doors so I can replace the current doors which are just ugly. You guessed it, they need to be custom! And custom equals MO MONEY! Hurray! And some of the trim has to come off to install the doors, sigh...
And on that note, I had a recent "come to jesus" realization that this house is consuming my life. I have to pay more attention to my social life. So, plan for this weekend is to 1) get on bike, 2) go to Oktoberfest and enjoy some delicious pumpkin ale, and 3) remember to take all this house stuff one day at a time...and if it doesn't get finished in time, so what? And for the record, I STILL have not shed a tear. ;)
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