And chaos reigns

Where to start? That's a recurring theme. The countertop was installed on Monday, while I was at work. Of course, I had the sickest patient in the unit and had to take a road trip lasting over an hour, right at the time that I knew Rick would be calling with some problem or other. He called while we were in CT and when I got the message some time later, I was just too busy keeping the kid alive to call him back... He couldn't find the new faucet. I had put it in the closet at the bottom of the stairs, only it wasn't there. He never did find it while the plumber was here, so I looked for it when I got home. Took me about 2 minutes to find it, in the spare room under a stack of his folded laundry. I ended up installing it myself Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't difficult to do the plumbing, but because the garbage disposal was already installed, and the faucet goes behind the smaller sink with the garbage disposal attached, I had to do it blind, lying on my back inside the cabinet. It looks fabulous and works beautifully.

Bob the electrician and his apprentice Matt came back on Tuesday morning. All that's left for him to do is to put in the outlet for the microwave when the time comes. He was in a MUCH better mood this time and was quite nice. The ETA on the reordered cabinet is November 23. Better be here before then! After they left, Rick and I installed the new track lighting, which has four halogen bulbs in it and is so bright you could land a 747 on my lawn.

Wednesday I spent most of the day pulling together facts and figures for my meeting with the director of nursing, human resources and the union that's happening on Monday. And it was Hallowe'en so the evening was occupied with candy distribution. We did get the new light fixture up in the dining room and the ceiling fan moved to the bedroom. (Yeah, he's not working. Something about not paying attention to the details, and quitting the job he had without making sure the job he thought he was getting was really his, and that he could take it.)

Today I cleaned out all the cabinets of sawdust and other grime and started putting things away. There are still tons of things that need to be brought up or in and put away, but it's a start. Rick scraped off the thinset from the wall under the glass-fronted cabinets and didn't make TOO much more work for me when I go to mud it for painting. The weekend will be mostly a write-off because of working days Friday and nights Saturday... the dreaded 13 hour night. How do I always end up working nights on Fall Back? Yet I never have worked Spring Ahead nights... only days on the Sunday, so I lose an hour of sleep on each end! Not fair.