After being already behind I resigned myself to just getting the middle of the floor tiled today and hopefully the pieces cut for the outer edge. And I planned to do all of this before the rain moved in. We also had to go to Lowes since it was 10% off day and I wanted to make a big purchase for everything we need right now while we had the sale. Well even that all did not work out.
We managed through 3 batches of mortar and it was about 7 long hours of painful arguing. I started the day by burning my eggs while I was checking Facebook. Stupid. I should not cook and try to multitask. By the time I realized it the eggs were ruined. Jym saw me plating them and said "Don't eat those!". I said "Nooo (all whiny) I'm eating them as punishment for my general stupidity." Jym replied "Is that what you've been doing to me all these years? Punishing me for my general stupidity with your cooking?" Now normally this would have resulted in a throat punch but it was hysterical and true because I admitedly suck at cooking.
That set the tone for the day though. It was like pulling teeth. I think the only enjoyable part was when Jym stopped what we were doing and danced with me when a song came on that reminded him of me. Very sweet. Made me cry. But that could be the PMS. LOL.
Although the furniture is in the great room I have NO room for tiles and ended up using all extra space to stack them. This was problematic for 2 reasons. First I was covering the pattern and needed to see where we were so I could continue the pattern. Also I realized that to lay the tiles we would have to walk across the tiles to GET the tiles. That was not going to work so I carried (AGAIN) all the tiles now into the far side of the dining room for easier access. After that delay I could at least SEE the pattern to some extent (although the furniture blocked most of it) and had better access to the tiles but I had zero space to work and on top of it I have been relegated to this tiny TV tray to butter my tiles on. It was intended to hold literally a TV dinner not a 16 x 24 STONE. I ended up with mortar everywhere and it was hard to work for both of us. It was also a nightmare to lay out the pattern and work in a direction toward the corner so we didn't stick ourselves into one area we couldn't get out of. So we worked diagonally. Even that aggravated Jym. At one point I thought he was going to smash the tile I just handed him onto the tiles he just laid. I understand being on the floor is painful and he was in a lot of pain but so was I and I was not complaining or yelling.
In addition when Jym is taking breaks and having a smoke or watching a movie or having 2 beers (yes 2 beers at the same time...its that bad), I am busy cleaning the tools or moving tiles or making sandwiches. I am never resting or stopping. Partly because when its time to go again I want to be ready and not do anything to piss Jym off further. But also because it has to get done. I also don't know if I will be able to get back up and start again.
Toward the end was the worst. We were backed into small area and trying to lay what tiles we had left to finish off the batch of mortar. We had to also leave a walking area along the side to get to the bedroom this next week. We got none of the pieces cut or even measured. We didn't even finish the space we tore up. So now we will waste the rest of next week trying to catch up and finish that floor. I also have to lay the baseboard in there and before we can do that I have to paint because taking up the baseboards peeled the paint off so badly that I have no choice. I also know the paint will not match and I can't just do touch up. So maybe Tuesday night I will be heading home from work and painting.
To finish off the shitty last 3 days we made a to Lowes. I went there alone initially because Jym was busy watching a movie on the patio while I showered and I didn't want to wait. I could see a storm coming and I needed to get that baseboard home before the storm. Plus it was already 6pm and I had like 30 things to buy.
So I get there and start with the return of the expired wood glue we had. Then I paid my bill and then was off to jack up the card again. I stopped in paint where I had the guy cut my new vertical blinds, not cheap but I really like them. Got the nice Levelor ones that they custom cut for you and they have this lovely leaf pattern on them. It will be so good to get rid of the nasty broken vanes we have now.
I am a shopping no-nonsense dynamo. I get the long cart (which was odd to push and kept wobbling back and forth) and then I had to load the baseboard by myself. AGAIN. Mostly because Jym had arrived but was just standing there staring at me. I did buy some shorter boards (8') because I think we shouldn't need all 12'. But since he messed up the other 12' ones we had I bought 2 of those too. Then I navigated it to the blinds area and picked up my freshly cut blinds. Again ALONE. Jym had wandered off to look for something again. He finally meets up with me in blinds where I show him the bamboo blinds he wanted for the back patio. They did not have the size we wanted so he will be 8" short on the edge but at least they will be some sort of cover for him. But choosing them was like pulling teeth. I wanted to punch him. I was trying to do the math to see if we could put two together etc to cover the whole area. He was getting more and more angry and it was bad enough he was just wandering around with that mope face I hate. So I just threw 2 of the 6 foot ones onto the cart and screw it. He will be 8" short on both sides and I don't care. He did not even want to discuss the options for the long opening. So for now it will be empty but when we hang the other ones I can assess and go back and maybe buy 2 shorter ones to cover that large area. Right now it faces the fence so it shouldn't be a big deal with it open. He was in no mood to hear my ideas on solutions. Whatever.
I got the other 30 things I needed including a new hand truck. We did not go for the big fancy appliance one but got one that is convertible so we can lay it down and pull things that way. That would have come in handy on our rock redo. But too late. He also was no help in picking this and was moody and I could tell he just wanted to leave. So we paid and left.
Then we had to load the stuff into my car in the POURING DOWN RAIN. Yes. Could this day get ANY better?? So I grab plastic wrap to wrap the end of the baseboards knowing they would be sticking out in the rain. I turn around to prep my car to receive the boards and Jym uses the plastic to tie all the boards together. UGH. So I go get MORE and prep the ends and load them but now the 8' boards are tied to the 12' and Jym is trying to cram them in all wonky. So I shove him aside (at this point I am over it and I have lost my mind). I put the boards in while he goes to get his car to load the rest of the stuff. He pulls up and is dilly dallying so I grab the new vertical blinds (SUPER heavy) and he wants to just wedge them between the seats. Um NO. We are not doing that. Then he points out that there are a few sticking out. Yes they are sticking out because I asked that they cut MOST of the vanes but leave me 2 for the valance that were full length. But he was not paying attention to any of that and then wanted a full explanation of that as we were standing there in the POURING DOWN RAIN. I was furious. I grabbed them out of his car and went and shoved them into my car like the Grinch stuffing that tree up the chimney. I was like "I am NOT going to have a discussion with you in the POURING DOWN RAIN!!" I was so mad. I also forgot to put rope in my car so again it was the plastic bag holding the hatch down. Jym followed me home in case stuff started spewing out the hole. It was raining and then we get home and as I went over the final speed bump at the top of the street the bag broke loose and the hatch flung open. Fuck it. I was not pulling over. I drove down my street with the hatch sky high and the rain gushing in all over everything. Then had to back the car into the driveway BLIND because the camera is on the hatch so I had a lovely shot of the roof. I then had to unload it all in the rain.
Today was just a total nightmare. I feel like this project will never be finished. It is so agonizing. I knew I would have days like this but this whole week I am just at the end of my rope. I had to tell myself, several times, to just keep going and not flip out. I just need to keep my head down and focus on what I need to do daily to get this back on track. I feel very unaccomplished this week and like I took a step forward and 3 back.
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