Improvements and Oddities

Today I was awakened before 7 am with a call from my aunt/landlord that the guy was coming to install my living room floor "in less than 30 minutes"! So I dragged my ass out of bed, made coffee, threw in my contacts, and prepared to hole up in the bedroom with the computer and the cat for a large chunk of the day.

The guy arrived around nine. Good thing I got up at seven!!!

Anyway, he finished around 2 pm, and it looks light years better than the unfinished thing that was my floor up until today, but with all the sawdust & light debris clean-up, and furniture relocation I need to do, I had to bail on my trip to meet the guys (Jay, Gavin, Brian & Rob) at Redbones and Joshua Tree tonight.

Anyway, here is a chronological update for how the move-in and construction are going:

Improvements

• My computer is set up, and I am using Wi-Fi now. Plus, my aunt is including it in the rent!
• The gas got turned on yesterday finally, and my brand-new gas stove is up & running (though as of this afternoon, I still haven't cooked yet).
  
• The aforementioned living room floor is down, and except for the two thresholds and some caulking & painting, the living room is done. Now I can set up my stereo, and unload the stacks of boxes of books and milk crates of compact discs that are making my bedroom feel like I've been living in an episode of "Hoarders". And I can finally use my curling bar and do push-ups again without fear of slivers, exposed nails, or breathing in sawdust or paint fumes - let the workouts resume!

Oddities

• It's been a weird, relatively music-less 2 weeks. I usually have my 5-cd stereo playing, or the local jazz stations on, or my iPod in my ears. But with the stereo packed away, and people knocking on my door every day to do work on the place, I've listened to very little music. Which is very unlike me. That being said, I have been doing a lot of work on the Wyman's Pond Music Fest. Musician e-mails, trying to fill in empty time slots, and design work (not music, but related to the biggest event of my summer) have kept my mind off how annoying at times it has been to live in an unfinished place.
• Except for when I am out of the house, I haven't had a hot meal in 11 days! And far too much junk food (damn you, Chester Cheetah!).
  
• Also food-related: I had my first Double Whopper (with cheese, no onions - horrifying nutrition data in the link) since I left Hyannis Tuesday night. A span of 21 months! It was SO good, but after over a year of eating so much healthier, I can't believe I used to eat them about once a week. Those suckers are HUGE to my stomach's eyes in my post-South Beach Diet world.

Another update soon...