I'm having a little bit of a panic attack this morning. I'll be OK soon, I know. I don't have much to do at work to distract me at the moment so I thought blogging would help calm me down.

The contractors are nearly done; they may have finished up the last little bits already. I left a check on the kitchen counter and borrowed $2K from our reserve line to cover the check; I'll pay it back on the 15th.

We're happy overall with their work. Some of the choices were not the ideal we had in mind, but we gave them free rein to choose materials and asked them to work quickly and cheaply, and we can live with it all, so we're OK with it. At least the one expensive thing they did, the kitchen backsplash, looks aMAZING. I think it'll be a big selling point. The kitchen counters and floors are nice, and the regrouting has just made the bathroom look brand new.

The mirror they installed in the bathroom is kinda blah, but I like the light fixtures. The bedroom closet doors are good, but they're positioned so that you can't open the drawers in the closet. So we'll probably just try to remove the drawers.

The closet doors need to be painted, so that's another item to add to the list. Also, it's going to be a bit tricky to paint the wall behind the mirror and light fixture they installed. Just need to tape carefully and use a small brush to get under the edges so you can't see the different color of the wall behind it.

It does make me wonder if we'll really finish everything by Sunday afternoon. Ah well, we'll just do our best. If it takes a few more days, so be it.

Our friends (the lawyer/photographer and his partner) who are moving in with us are getting officially married in a week or so. We knew they were planning it but had let it fall off the radar. They're doing it on the anniversary of their original ceremony (which they did before marriage was legal for them), so it's on a Monday evening. Probably only one of us will make it and we'll join them for dinner to celebrate afterward.

I did have my "mysterious" news from yesterday turn out to be good news -- I get to do another writing assignment probably starting this month. This one will be a test of how well I can write catchy, cool, brief little messages. Hopefully I can pull it off; I'd like to demonstrate I have range. However, as you all know by now, brevity is not my strong suit.

So, all of that is why I'm feeling a bit stressed and discombobulated right now. Just have to buckle down today and get as much done as I can. Tonight's possible tasks to check off:
- Put two test colors on the bathroom wall and check them against the accessories we ordered to see which looks better. Tape it off to prepare for painting.
- Tape off the kitchen to prepare for painting.
- Paint one or two of the bedroom closet doors so they can dry and we can do the next one (there are three that overlap somewhat).
- Put padding on the rocking chair runners and pull up the carpet squares in the living room.
- Box up more stuff that we can put into storage on Sunday.
- Apply primer on the bathroom and kitchen walls.