I wish life would slow the fuck down. I’ve been meaning to jump on here for well over a week now but haven’t been able to. The white board next to me is filled with “To-Do’s” and my inbox reflects everything that won’t fit on the damn board. The option is to either turn things away or go out and purchase a larger board to work with.
I’m up to 8 different sites and I feel horrible that I’m not able to get everything done in the timely manor that it requires. On top of everything I’ve got Muir working on AGn Designs to get the SEO to the highest it can possibly be so that holds the potential for bringing in even more work. I’m ten seconds from ripping my hair out, which is in desperate need of a dye job because the grey has over run my entire face and needs to be covered up ASAP. Is there time for that? Not really.
Today was one of those extremely productive days where I accomplished everything I’d set out to do, but absolutely none of that list was work related. I took a drive out to Lowes and Home Depot to pick up tile, grout and everything else someone would need to complete a bathroom. After 10 years I’ve basically said “enough is enough, I want my own shower again” and flat out told my father that I’m paying the bill and having Muir’s awesome husband come in and do all of the plumbing and tile work for me. Originally I wanted to go with a tan/beige feel like you’d find in some 5 star hotel, but when going through Home Depot a case of mosaic tile really stood out for me and I couldn’t pass it up. So, I’m going with a 12″x12″ white tile in the shower, with the blue/grey mosaic inlay which is not only pleasing to the eye, but matches the existing tile on the floor giving me some time before I need to worry about upgrading that.
The shower itself is not an upgrade, it was a complete tear down 10 years ago that was never put back together so we’ve been using the shower in my dads room for as long as I can remember. I’m sick of doing it and due to a near future schedule change for him, I’ll have to shower at 2am in order to not be disturbing anyone – while managing to disturb myself at the same time because I do NOT like going to sleep with wet hair.
So, at some point next weekend Muir, munchkin and hubby will be coming over bright and early. I’ll be in the living room putting Muir to work on whatever’s going on with AGn and hubby will be in the bathroom all day helping to give me my champagne-taste-on-rainwater-budget bathroom. I honestly was really, really surprised with how much the cashier told me the total was when she was done ringing us up. Cement board, grout, five cases of large tile, case of inlay tile, case of bullnose/trim tile, corner tile, tile adhesive, sponges, caulk and spacers, plus two soda’s (cause that shit was just heavy to lift and I was dying of thirst) was only $300. Figure if I’d gone to a contractor he’d charge me $3500 at least to take care of the bathroom and wouldn’t even pull a permit because people suck like that (Thanks to Holmes on Homes [HGTV] I’m learning things!). To top everything off the work is being done for free, I just needed supplies. I’m just so over excited and can’t wait to just sit down in the tub and soak for a few hours.
When I got back to the house after my 6 hour shopping spree, we all wound up heading out for dinner cause I was running completely on coffee and a breath mint for a good 12 hours today. Now we’re all pretty much comatose in the living room. All I know is I have to put in at least 5 hours tonight, and then wake up bright and early for my usual daily visit from Muir and munchkin.
Time to crack the whip on myself and get movin.