The Race Is On

Baby X is due Aug. 18 - almost exactly 8 weeks from now. Now that the drywall guys are gone, I’m busy painting and finishing up the new electrical wiring. The question is whether I will finish everything that needs to be done before the baby arrives. Maria has millions of years of human evolution working for her, so the baby will definitely come around the time he’s supposed to. On my side, I had the flakey drywall contractors who set me back well over a month.

I finished painting the dining room a few weeks ago, so we’re excited that we no longer have to eat in the living room. Last week I finished painting our new bedroom, and I’ve assembled the “closet system” for inside the closet. Yes, a “closet system” - that’s what they call shelves and rods these days. This kind of marketing-speak drives me nuts - I even saw a sign for “meal solutions” at the grocery store the other day. Silly me, I thought it was called “food.”

Ok, I’m over my Andy Rooney moment now. Anyway, our new room and the baby’s room have the last of the original (and totally trashed) windows in the house, so we’re replacing those next week. My goals after that are to paint the baby’s room and the stairwell, and build balusters and a railing for the stairwell (to replace the wall I took out) before Baby X arrives. I had wanted to finish our half bath as well (right now it’s an empty room with no toilet or sink), but I’ll probably run out of time.