Today, I had two things on the docket. One would cost me some chump change, and the other some coin. Either way, I had to present myself as Mario to the world. It was just as well, as it looked like we'd have some scattered thunderstorms today.
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I got up at 8:00 am, so that I could make it to Mavis Tires for the New York's mandated yearly safety/emissions inspection for my car. Reaching Mavis by 10:00 am, I was out of the shop an hour later, and proceeded home to nap, work on cleaning up some mess in the apartment, and to meet the handyman who'll do work on the tiled wall next to my bathtub.
Since I've been sleep deprived for the past few evenings, I took my nap first - and awakened by 3:30 pm. I got dressed, and started to clean up my place when the handyman arrived. As expected, he will need to tear out some sheet rock and replace it as part of his efforts. So I gave him a 25% deposit for materials, and will pay him the rest when he returns over the weekend.
Tomorrow, it'll be off to the tile store to see if I can get a box of tile similar to that on my 65+ year old bathroom wall....
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This weekend will likely be a "Cluster F" of scheduling headaches, as both RQS and I will need to be up much earlier than usual and stay in the apartment while work is done here. I am not looking forward to this, but I have no choice, as the work needs to be done no matter what. I am tempted to ask her if I could come down after work is complete (or, have her come here), so that she isn't as disturbed as she will be when the workers are taking up space in the bathroom.
Assuming that the work is done in one day (which I doubt), we will have Sunday free to do things for ourselves. But what might we do? At least, I have several days to think about this, as tomorrow, I will have to go to a couple of tile stores to see if they have tile that matches the scheme of the remaining tile on my walls.
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