Preparations

Wednesday

This was a tough day, because of L. M took the boys out of the house so I could keep packing. She took them out so that L could have a last play date with his best friend. They had a great day. They all met up for lunch, then went to the city pool. L finally passed his deep water test, so that he could do the diving board with his best friend. They were gone for about 4 hours.

Then, when they got back, L just lost it. He was inconsolable through his tears. M and I just sat by him, hugging him, and talking to him, and rubbing his back. It made me cry, seeing him like that. I still feel like it is my fault that he is being ripped away from everything that he’s ever known.

Thursday

Came down to the new house. Got an old tv and an old WiiU set up for the boys to have something to do while M and I worked. She got the trim done in the master bedroom. I worked on the cabinets. It took almost 6 hours of work, but I got all 29 kitchen cabinets and 14 drawers taken off the hinges. I also removed the pulls, because they are being replaced after we stain them. Not excited about that job. I did that at our old house, and it was terrible. At least back then I could use the existing screw holes; this time I’ll need to drill all brand new holes, because they don’t match up (old = 1 hole, new = 2 holes). Have to sand everything in the morning. Glad we are the proud owners of a new power sander.

Friday

Worked all day today. Used the sander on all of the cabinet frames. Did a test drawer with the stain that was ordered. We both hated it, so we went to Home Depot and picked out a dark blue paint for them. Picked out blinds for the living room. Because the window is so massive, we spent almost $250 on them, which is pretty insane for how little material is actually there.

M was kind of freaking out about not getting everything done in our current timeframe, until her sister showed up to help with the painting. She was supposed to get there about 3:00 but didn’t end up getting there until after 5:00. But then when she got there, she worked really hard and was a huge help. She is literally the only one who has helped with any of the moving and renovating that we’ve done, which is part of the reason that we are feeling so crunched right now.

Saturday will be much more of the same as Friday was. My two jobs will be to get the blinds hung, then sand as many of the cabinet doors as possible (there are 29 of them, so I don’t know if I’ll get them all done or not. We also have a junk removal service coming to take the stupid “closet” out of L’s bedroom (I’ll talk about that some other time, because it is a whole story unto itself). Then it’s back to our current home for about the last time.

The big move is all set for Thursday. It’s both coming too slowly and too quickly, depending on my mood at any given moment.