Count Down

I'm supposed to be returning the Dad to New York this coming weekend. So I sat down after dinner last night and started making a list of things left to do, and I'm positive I've forgotten half the things that should be on the list.

To Do

Basement

1. Clean carpets
2. Clean bathroom (partly done, Sun)
3. Patch popcorn ceiling in bathroom (done, Sun)
4. Paint bathroom
5. Finish painting up stairway
6. Install 4 lights
7. Put up blank wall plate on kitchen ceiling
8. Hang bathroom door & closet doors

1st Floor

1. Finish putting cork on cabinet shelves
2. Finish painting cabinet doors
3. Polyurethane and attach kitchen kick-plates
4. Order satin nickel kick-plate for front door
5. Install toilet-tissue holder & towel holder in powder room
6. Have mirror cut for powder room
7. Install telephone jack
8. Change window latches
9. Rewire dining room chandelier

2nd Floor

1. Change outlets & switches in master bathroom (done, Sun)
2. Remove caulk from bathtub seam
3. Finish white grout behind toilet
4. Paint un-tiled walls
5. Tile inside of soffit
6. Paint master bathroom door
7. Change door-knobs & hinges in master bedroom
8. Change closet door track
9. Basically everything in the rear bathroom
10. Etc.
11. Etc.
12. Etc.

Attic

1. Lay down new insulation
2. Lay down floor

I was pretty depressed and overwhelmed most of Saturday, knowing that all these tasks loomed and I was going to have Dad for only one more week. But writing the list out was cathartic and I feel slightly more cheerful. It also helped that my mother promised to visit with Dad sometime in August :)

For some perspective on why I was feeling glum, however, let me illustrate:

The view from my bed.

The great wall of tools, now in my bedroom.


My toilet, a PVC latrine.