Michael McDaniel’s Dawning Awareness

Well, we are in the new house, though we’re not alone: With the exception of Christmas week, we’ve had workmen in the house every day since we moved in. We’re all wishing we’d just stayed in the rental a while longer, though I’m told by many that this is par for the course.

This is probably the worst week since we moved in, with painters here re-spraying lots of surfaces that weren’t done all that well the first time. And tomorrow, the hardwood floor finishing guy comes back to fix some parts of the hardwood floors. That’ll be so stinky that he recommends we not spend the night at home, so we’ll have to find somewhere else to crash for the night.

Oddly, this is one of the most stressful times of the whole building experience, and it’s AFTER we’ve reached the “officially done” stage. Reminds me of the Mission Accomplished banner.