fix one thing, two more break

The day erupted into a madhouse. I was working on a new flower/bee model 

when early afternoon, Marc looked out the window, “the floor people are here.” You might remember that they were supposed to show up a week ago last Tuesday but called to cancel because their installer was sick and they would call me back to let me know when it was rescheduled. They didn't. So I was totally unprepared for them to show up. Three guys two of whom were moving at warp speed but not really getting anything done as they tried to figure out how to get the refrigerator, stove, washer, and dryer out of the kitchen and into various other parts of the house. The refrigerator had a water line from under the sink and the valve would not close so they had to turn the water off to the house. Eventually they got the stove and refrigerator in the dining area and the washer and dryer in the hall. Next was to smooth some stuff over the entire floor to even it out and, oops, they needed water to mix it up. A neighbor's hose provided the water. They did an adequate job but with the exception of the one calm guy, the air just vibrated with whatever weird energy the head guy was issuing, I just wanted to tell them to slow down, it's not a race, no prize for speed. So there was the installer and two helpers, the young guy and the calm personable guy. You gotta smooze the customers if you want a happy customer, you know, slow down, pay attention to what you're doing, do a good job but occasionally engage your customer. The young guy was either so nervous by the energy or clueless of his surroundings as he managed to knock over a bottle of wine knocking the stopper out and spilling it on the prepared floor. Great. So now the new flooring is in in the kitchen and I don't know if I like it. It's too pink. I didn't think it would be this pink. I don't really like pink. And for all it's grays and dark places, it's pale. And busy. And I went to bed with buyer's remorse even though I got a really good deal for the quality of the product.

That was Wednesday. Couldn't sleep thinking about my regret. Planning in my mind to replace it in two years. Finally went to sleep oh I don't know, early morning. Got up this morning already dreading going in the kitchen and...well, maybe it's not so bad. I'm still not a fan but maybe I can live with it. We'll see. Yesterday Rocky put the quarter round in the kitchen and finally all the appliances are back in place except now the stove's plug has become unattached from all the moving around of the stove and because it is just old. This is in addition to discovering after the flooring guys cut off the water that the cut off valve now leaks. Old houses. The flood seems to have brought everything to a head. We have to replace the stopped up galvanized pipes in the little bathroom before we can re-do that room.

But the back bedroom is coming along great. They got the wall rebuilt with the window casings the right sizes and distances apart (I think, I'm pretty sure but we haven't installed the glass yet), all the bead board is up and the sheetrock is getting taped and floated. 

I need to get paint soon. I was going to keep the same yellow for the now half walls and do the bead board and ceiling in white but now I'm thinking that maybe I'll do a blue and maybe a dark blue or at least not pale. The etched glass has a few blue accents with transmitted light but then, it has gold accents with reflected light so the yellow would be appropriate as well.

Guess I'll go look at paint today.