Wednesday was quite a morning. I had planned on the electrical contractor arriving at 7:30 AM to meet me and talk through the plans and to discuss the changes. I got up early and started clearing out the second bedroom closet, anticipating that when the electrical work started that access to the junction box above the closet would be required. I toiled away, and as the 7 o’clock hour wore on, I got more agitated that I would be late for work, yet again. Finally, I called our contractor and founout that he hadn’t passed along the message about the 7:30 meeting to Javier, his electrical sub. After I got ready for work, Brian remembered that we needed to find the original Ikea receipt for that night, as we had a car reserved for an after work to drive to the ‘burbs. We searched everywhere, but couldn’t find it. We were both pretty grumpy. We finally gave up, resolving to use the faxed receipt we had received back when we had the IT glitch at Ikea. We got on the bus… but, I realized that I forgot my computer at home. So much for not being late to work.
When I got to work, I found the missing receipt in my briefcase (which has been with me at home, the whole time).
In the mid-morning, I got a call from Javier, the electrician, asking for the appliance cutsheets. I had intended to leave them out for him, but forgot. I asked for his email address, and forwarded the pdfs that I had compiled for him.
In the afternoon, after his class, Brian got a car for our evening adventure. The original plan was for Brian to pick me up from work and we’d go to iFloor together. At 6:15 PM, it became clear that Brian would not have time to pick me up first, and he headed straight to the iFloor warehouse. I called ahead and let them know that Brian was on his way and might be there right as the store closed or a little later. Thankfully, the manger agreed to stay. Brian picked up the floor—all 14 crates—and drove to my office, arriving by 7:45. We took off immediately for Ikea, arriving there 45 minutes before closing. Brian went to the showroom to order the additional cabinets for the Den and I managed the exchange of the damaged pieces. Unfortunately, one of the replacement doors had the same defect as before. We’d have to order, yet another. Right at 9 PM, closing time, our order was ready at furniture pickup. In order to get all of the Ikea stuff in the car with the flooring, we had to take everything out and rearrange. I had to sit in the back seat behind Brian to accommodate the new Ikea bookshelf.
We stopped for burgers at Bar Louie, then headed home.
Arriving home, we didn’t’ find the day’s progress to be as dramatic as the days before. The den floor was nearly completely removed and much of the garbage had disappeared.
When I got to work, I found the missing receipt in my briefcase (which has been with me at home, the whole time).In the mid-morning, I got a call from Javier, the electrician, asking for the appliance cutsheets. I had intended to leave them out for him, but forgot. I asked for his email address, and forwarded the pdfs that I had compiled for him.
In the afternoon, after his class, Brian got a car for our evening adventure. The original plan was for Brian to pick me up from work and we’d go to iFloor together. At 6:15 PM, it became clear that Brian would not have time to pick me up first, and he headed straight to the iFloor warehouse. I called ahead and let them know that Brian was on his way and might be there right as the store closed or a little later. Thankfully, the manger agreed to stay. Brian picked up the floor—all 14 crates—and drove to my office, arriving by 7:45. We took off immediately for Ikea, arriving there 45 minutes before closing. Brian went to the showroom to order the additional cabinets for the Den and I managed the exchange of the damaged pieces. Unfortunately, one of the replacement doors had the same defect as before. We’d have to order, yet another. Right at 9 PM, closing time, our order was ready at furniture pickup. In order to get all of the Ikea stuff in the car with the flooring, we had to take everything out and rearrange. I had to sit in the back seat behind Brian to accommodate the new Ikea bookshelf.
We stopped for burgers at Bar Louie, then headed home.
Arriving home, we didn’t’ find the day’s progress to be as dramatic as the days before. The den floor was nearly completely removed and much of the garbage had disappeared.
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