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Did I really say it would only take us an hour to get up the remaining adhesive? Really? What the hell was I thinking? That’s akin to preceding a Frisbee throw with the phrase, “Hey, watch this!”. Shit, I did say it was only gonna take an hour. Damn.

It did not take us “no more than one very soggy and dirty hour to get the glue scraped up”. It took us at least six times that amount. Six hours of sitting in cold vinegar-water puddles, scraping up horrible old adhesive felt. I honestly don’t know what was worse, that or my kidney stone. At least with the kidney stone I had narcotics and a couple days off work.

OK fine, the kidney stone was worse.

Stone or no stone, we got up as much of the adhesive off the floor as we were going to get, which is to say, almost all of it. Last night we painted the ceiling and patched holes in the drywall, both of which were very rewarding since you get near-instantaneous results. Tonight we’re priming the walls, maybe even putting up one finish coat of paint and this weekend we’re sanding the floors.

Things are really starting to come together. In all honesty the one thing I miss the most about not having a kitchen is the sink. We’re getting by surprisingly well with just a microwave (on dining room table), toaster oven (on dining room floor) and coffeemaker (on bathroom counter), but having to wash dishes in the bathtub or fill up the dog’s water bowl or my own water glass from the bathtub sucks.

And as soon as the floor is refinished, the trim is refinished, the cabinets are assembled & installed, the sink/dishwasher/stove/fridge are put in place and hooked up and countertops installed, we’re having a big goddamn party.