I spent Saturday climbing stairs and hauling boxes. I did some calculations (16 steps per flight of stairs, 5th floor = 4 sets of stairs = 64 steps per trip down. I did the trip around 40 times over 5 hours ... Up and Down approximately 5000 steps!) My arms, back and quads are screaming today.
Russ spent Saturday plastering the living room wall where the panels of mirror once hung and scrapping and smoothing the kitchen floor and then installing vinyl tile as a quick fix until real demolition begins next year!
We couldn't have survived Saturday without all the hands and vehicles that come out to help. It was a whirlwind and I easily could have slept through Sunday. But in addition to home-remodeling, I am a coach. My mom and running protoge has a half marathon coming up in two weeks and she had to complete her final long run. Sunday morning we were pounding the pavement by 9am. My quads hated each step of the entire 12 miles.
Run complete, we kept the momentum going. The local Sherwin-Williams paint store had an interior decorator on hand for the weekend and a 40% off sale, as if I needed further encouragement! I selected and purchased primer and paint for the living room, entry way and bedroom. Then we were off to Sears to purchase a stove and back down to Riverdale to pick up a rocking chair. Russ ignores me when I tell him his "office" in the new house will soon be a nursery!
After a quick stop at Home Depot for some "space invaders" crack filling foam and a giant tarp to cover all the boxes that are currently being stored in our leaky garage our errands were complete!
Mom and I were up in Peekskill by 5pm to nosh on some Kentucky Fried Chicken with Russ and drag the stove inside before we headed south again. We left Russ covered in plaster and sweeping up the almost finished kitchen floor. I was back in the Bronx around 7pm and somehow found the energy to organize and pack more scattered remnants still in the apartment.
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