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keladry_lupinMy good luck this week has lasted!
Dave was here at eight and started working on removing the old stove immediately. The tile saw was so loud, I think he woke neighbors three buildings over. But because of all the dust the work raised, he insisted on me having the sliding glass door, the front door, and the kitchen window open. So we couldn't even spare the neighbors the noise. Dave also asked me to set up the fan, so the dust would blow out of the kitchen window, and it was fecking cold, so I sat for an hour on the floor (no other place to sit, at the moment) under a heap of blankets, miserable (I have a headache) and shivering. I was like a turtle; whenever Dave turned the saw off, my head would emerge from the blankets, and I'd start to read again. As soon as the saw was re-started, I'd hunker back down in the blankets and cover my ears.
Andy showed up an hour ago and connected the gas lines and lit the pilot lights, then he cleaned out my wall heater and lit that pilot light, too. So the heater is burning away, and within half an hour's time, it's become June in my apartment. (With the added bonus of the acrid, smoky smell of burning dust.)
I also opened the package from my friend Jill. She and her hubbyman have decided to focus their personal lives on other things, so they got rid of their VCR. They mailed it to me, along with my birthday gift. I've hooked it up, but being the tech-illiterate that I am, I can't get it to work. I'll play with it later; for now, I'm enjoying soup and a sandwich (which I was able to cook at the same time, since I now have more than one burner working), compiling a shopping list (cookie and casserole ingredients), and I will stop by the Christmas tree lot this afternoon. I've also moved some tables and other furniture around, and I'll get the laptop settled in the living room after lunch. I'll be scrubbing away all the dust while I work on other stuff, but for now, I'm taking a break.
Dave was here at eight and started working on removing the old stove immediately. The tile saw was so loud, I think he woke neighbors three buildings over. But because of all the dust the work raised, he insisted on me having the sliding glass door, the front door, and the kitchen window open. So we couldn't even spare the neighbors the noise. Dave also asked me to set up the fan, so the dust would blow out of the kitchen window, and it was fecking cold, so I sat for an hour on the floor (no other place to sit, at the moment) under a heap of blankets, miserable (I have a headache) and shivering. I was like a turtle; whenever Dave turned the saw off, my head would emerge from the blankets, and I'd start to read again. As soon as the saw was re-started, I'd hunker back down in the blankets and cover my ears.
Andy showed up an hour ago and connected the gas lines and lit the pilot lights, then he cleaned out my wall heater and lit that pilot light, too. So the heater is burning away, and within half an hour's time, it's become June in my apartment. (With the added bonus of the acrid, smoky smell of burning dust.)
I also opened the package from my friend Jill. She and her hubbyman have decided to focus their personal lives on other things, so they got rid of their VCR. They mailed it to me, along with my birthday gift. I've hooked it up, but being the tech-illiterate that I am, I can't get it to work. I'll play with it later; for now, I'm enjoying soup and a sandwich (which I was able to cook at the same time, since I now have more than one burner working), compiling a shopping list (cookie and casserole ingredients), and I will stop by the Christmas tree lot this afternoon. I've also moved some tables and other furniture around, and I'll get the laptop settled in the living room after lunch. I'll be scrubbing away all the dust while I work on other stuff, but for now, I'm taking a break.
