painting and waiting

The painter is finally here to repair and paint the two upstairs rooms. I'm stuck at home as long as he's here working.

In other news, there is a very unfortunate leak in the laundry room downstairs from a broken waste water pipe.

Also, my behind is so cold today that I think I will not lose this constant chill until Spring arrives.

Presidents Day 2010

This national holi-Monday has been exquisitely motionless. No work today. No packages could be mailed for MMD because the post office was closed. Banks were all closed today a well. No need to go to the grocery store, outside of looking for discount-priced Valentine chocolates, because we handled all of the grocery runs and other errands yesterday.

The Winter Storm 2010 that they were predicting for last night and today never materialized. The temperature was 40 degrees when I first stepped outside this morning and the forecast has been changed to warm(ish) and partly cloudy with no rain for a few days. The way things have been going here, they may change the forecast again by morning.

The mercurial forecast means that the house is in a state of chaotic limbo because the painter keeps rescheduling for the next day and then canceling again when he fears bad weather and icy roads. The furniture in my office is staying shoved into the center of the room. We've gotten tired of moving the bedroom furniture in preparation for the painter that never shows up.

The only lasting sign of the snow last week are the giant snowballs in two of my neighbors yards. Looks like they gathered every inch of snow in their respective front yards and rolled it into enormous stacks of snowballs, never adorned to be proper snowmen but at the proper 2 or 3 boulder height. Instead, there are big dirty globs of mud, dead leaves, and ice sitting in their front yards.

Tonight's plans include leftover greens and beans for dinner and watching No Reservations on the Travel Channel.

waiting for a little snow

Snow is coming. It's too warm to stick around but everyone is in a panic regardless. The only thing to fear really is the snow/slush refreezing into a nice slick sheet of ice overnight lows with forecast low temperatures in the 20's. I think today should be now worries. Not planning on a milk and bread run.

We are almost finished with repairs from water damage and clean up from the roof being replaced on the house. The last step is the painter coming in to remove stains from the walls. First, he was scheduled to come in Thursday. Then our landlord phoned to tell us the painter had moved our date to Friday. Last night and this morning we moved heavy furniture to the center of the upstairs rooms to be painted and moved smaller objects to the other office and basement. Painter was supposed to be here at 8:30 a.m. and our landlord phoned at 8:30 to say the painter is not coming today because it is already starting to snow/rain a bit where he lives, which is apparently a long distance out of town. So, I can go into work earlier than planned again today and we'll have to return the large furniture to their spots in the bedroom tonight and move them back in again on Monday morning, just in case.

Weeks like this only work because I am underemployed now and can be home whenever I need to. Perhaps the universe knows this and after next week the universe will allow me to have a new full time job.