Vertigo
10-15-2007, 11:47 AM
So my birthday is coming up, and I usually have a raging Halloween costume party every year with my friend who has the same bday as me. We've been remodeling our kitchen and bathroom. We've been without a bathroom in the house for a month now. Luckily there is an apt above our garage that my friend lives in, so we do have access to a toilet and shower, but still, it's kind of a pain in the ass to put on shoes and go up there every time I have to pee.
Anyway, the kitchen has been ripped apart as well. The cabinets are in place. The countertop is being installed Wednesday. BUT. Only about half of the drywall has been mudded, so it will need more mud, a sanding, another coat of mud, another sanding, and then a top coat of mud. Each step takes a day. THEN we can prime and paint. Our contractor is a slacker, works only a couple hours a day, and then kinda hangs out and drinks beer while we do stuff in the evenings after work. He's our friend, and he's giving us a discount, but I'm starting to feel like you get what you pay for. He's worked hard, don't get me wrong, and he's definitely done a lot. But now I'm stressing because the new cabinets and counter have to be taped off and covered with paper for the mudding and sanding, and we might as well leave them that way so we can paint. But the way the schedule is looking - we probably wouldn't be able to even start painting till the 25th. So the 25th and the 26th (my bday) would be painting, and then the day of the party (the 27th) I'd have to unpack the 20 something boxes that contain our kitchen that are currently stacked in the livingroom, find somewhere to hide the other boxes that have our "office" in them currently, put all the kitchen stuff away, go shopping for snacks and booze, clean the entire house, set up the yard and Halloween decorations, and still have enough energy to dress up and party all night with my friends.
I'm kinda fucking pissed right now. It's a yearly ritual. I pay for the whole thing by myself every year, I spend a fun evening with my friends, we stay up till 4 or 5 around the fire pit, everyone's in costumes, everyone's in good spirits, and whoever sleeps over helps clean up the mess the next day then we usually have breakfast, and it's just nice. Now I'll probably have to go to some crowded stupid bar, which nobody will come out to, because it costs money and they can't bring their underage friends/kids. Friggin lame.
I'm just crossing my fingers that it'll work out, but it's not looking good at the moment.
Anyway, the kitchen has been ripped apart as well. The cabinets are in place. The countertop is being installed Wednesday. BUT. Only about half of the drywall has been mudded, so it will need more mud, a sanding, another coat of mud, another sanding, and then a top coat of mud. Each step takes a day. THEN we can prime and paint. Our contractor is a slacker, works only a couple hours a day, and then kinda hangs out and drinks beer while we do stuff in the evenings after work. He's our friend, and he's giving us a discount, but I'm starting to feel like you get what you pay for. He's worked hard, don't get me wrong, and he's definitely done a lot. But now I'm stressing because the new cabinets and counter have to be taped off and covered with paper for the mudding and sanding, and we might as well leave them that way so we can paint. But the way the schedule is looking - we probably wouldn't be able to even start painting till the 25th. So the 25th and the 26th (my bday) would be painting, and then the day of the party (the 27th) I'd have to unpack the 20 something boxes that contain our kitchen that are currently stacked in the livingroom, find somewhere to hide the other boxes that have our "office" in them currently, put all the kitchen stuff away, go shopping for snacks and booze, clean the entire house, set up the yard and Halloween decorations, and still have enough energy to dress up and party all night with my friends.
I'm kinda fucking pissed right now. It's a yearly ritual. I pay for the whole thing by myself every year, I spend a fun evening with my friends, we stay up till 4 or 5 around the fire pit, everyone's in costumes, everyone's in good spirits, and whoever sleeps over helps clean up the mess the next day then we usually have breakfast, and it's just nice. Now I'll probably have to go to some crowded stupid bar, which nobody will come out to, because it costs money and they can't bring their underage friends/kids. Friggin lame.
I'm just crossing my fingers that it'll work out, but it's not looking good at the moment.