The least he could do

 Today is demolition day for the old countertop and tile in the bathroom. The stone company is scheduled to install the new countertop on Thursday. I am paying for all of this with my savings. All of it. The contractor doing the demo work today is supposed to be here between 8:30 and 9:30 AM.  

At 9:00 AM, I see a white truck back up the driveway and call to MonsterMustDie that the contractor is here. As it turns out, this is not the contractor. It is a man from the City Of High Point who tells MonsterMustDie that our house is scheduled for disconnection of water and electricity by High Point Utilities today. 

His circus. His Monkeys. 

It was a pretty good Tuesday

They delivered the new dishwasher and took the old one away. The new dishwasher is sitting in the middle of our kitchen now, waiting to be installed with a new water filter system, stainless steel sink and disposal unit after we have the new countertop in.  

Tuesday, MonsterMustDie and I went to the Greensboro Arboretum park and had a very good walk and look around most of the park. I was scoping areas for a picnic later. There are just a few tables with benches in a shady area behind the office at the entrance but there are several grassy lawns where people are allowed to spread out blankets and lounge. The park looks good with new plantings and freshly mowed grass and the weather is just beginning to cool before fall sets in. 

After the park, we stopped into Target CVS where, at the urging of MonsterMustDie, I finally got my first ever flu shot and the first part of the shingles vaccine. Mission accomplished. 

When I got home, there were two packages for me - one in the mail from California and one on my doorstep from Atlanta. Both of them contained surprise delights from women I love. 

Wednesday, I spent the day with no energy but otherwise feeling fine with no tenderness where I had the injections. The lethargy was the only vague symptom of the shots and that might have just been my crazy sleep parterns for all I know. 

Thursday, I was back to my usual spinning around the house bored and trying to avoid  impulse buying online or driving my car too much before I take it in for its regular maintenance, which is due now. I have to mind the upkeep on that for my splendid Kia warranty.  

Now I need to create a purpose for myself today. The news is filled with 9-11 memorials this morning which is, ironically, a welcome reprieve from too much political madness. 

Home Improvement During The. Pandemic

Last week was extremely stressful for me between scams by bots trying to pose as job interviews and receiving a damaged new sink that was not in stock anywhere else nearby. I decided to completely ignore and kill all message streams from the bot, while saving all documentation of the event. We were able to return the damaged sink to our local Home Depot and then we traveled to the store in Charlotte, NC, where we found a match for it in stock - two, infact. After inspecting the sink in store, we bought it and came straight back to High Point with it. One more thing ready to go. 

MonsterMustDie has decided to replace the dilapidated awning in back of the house. A contractor for the awning company showed up unannounced at our house this morning at 9:00 a.m. to look at the old one and take measurements for a quote. He brought fabric samples that we decided on. MonsterMustDie has decided to (stupid but predictably) keep the old frame that keeps being blown off the side of the house and is just dangling now to save a little money. (This always means spending 2 - 3 times as much eventually.) 

The quote for the new awning cover is $750.00. The man who came to our house had a flimsy paper mask that he kept pulled down to his chin. MonsterMustDie wore a mask during the entire meeting. I am not happy with the man only having a mask as a gesture but neither of us said anything because we were afraid of starting a fight. People in High Point are mostly right-wing and very nasty and aggressive even when unprovoked. We just tried to keep our distance and wore our own masks. I am leaving this entirely up to MonsterMustDie because it is the one thing he is paying for on his own. His circus. His monkeys.  

I am paying for the entire kitchen repair from my savings because the current kitchen is dysfunctional and I believe I should do it now because I anticipate my savings slowly dissolving, without any future income, leaving me with no ability in the future to make things work here. I probably have more money now than I will ever have again in my life and I need to make an investment in the future now.