Weekend

Saturday

Brian got up with me when I left Savor and got a Zipcar to drive to Homewood so that he could do some research on our damages at to the hardware store and glass store that his Mom had recommended. The wood stain was not a successful venture, partially because the board that was actually damaged was somewhat of an outlier in the color of the floor boards. At the glass store, he found that the replacement cost would hover around $300.

After some other errands, Brian picked me up at the end of my shift at Savor. We headed to 'burbs. We stopped at ABT to view our appliances and look at the TV we selected. Then, at Ikea we reviewed the options for drawer inserts and purchesed at least enough to get us started. We also stopped at container store to buy the slide-out drawer that the composter will sit in. After a quick lunch/dinner, we drove to Oak Park to pick-up the fans. Again, we had to totally unpack and repack the car to fit everything.

At home later, we wrote a big, long email to our contractor outlining all of the unresolved issues and informing him about the mirror issue.

Sunday

We finally slept in. For the rest of the day, Brian got caught up on schoolwork and worked on setting up the new network. I dusted, swept, mopped, vacuumed, Swiffered, and organized. When I ran out of cardboard to protect the dining room floor, I assembled the new shelves for the Den to use their boxes. In the evening, we had our condo board meeting and we went out for dinner and drinks with Tim. Ah, to have a normal life.