Work, work, work

Saturday was a work day. I moved furniture and ripped up carpet, old carpet, soiled from thirty years of living and dog urine and wet Winters. We struggled and pushed and pulled until it was out of the house. And the carpet pad underneath, blackening with mold and dirt. To a predominately pristine subfloor.

Then I got to drive up I-85 from Griffin to Commerce, to lug a chair out of the furniture store and into the back of my Ford Explorer. Only to buy another piece of furniture and pencil in another afternoon's trip from Griffin to Commerce and back in early November.

And all of the good football games were static on a radio driving back to Griffin. But Kentucky beat LSU and Georgia beat Vandy and Georgia Tech beat Miami. Oh yeah, PC beat VMI. Then again, there were the losses: Dunwoody lost to Chamblee, Spalding lost to Ola, W&L lost to Hampden Sydney. Austin Peay lost. It was a mix.

But we finally got home where Cindy said it was the floor out the door or she would sleep in a motel, so I pounded and chopped the old subfloor down to the lower layer and until my thumb bore a nice badge of effort, a blister. Finally, sleep among the piles of furniture and things.

Then Sunday arose bright and early and my body ached from the previous day's effort. And I showered and shaved and took the dog out and dressed for church, to sing in the choir, no not really, to sit in the choir pews and watch the service from above.
And I drove home after picking up a newspaper and sat out on the patio and watched Cindy pot some plants and I hauled things out to the street and up front and then went upstairs to rest.

Then the dog barked and I came downstairs and worked some more on the room, removing the top layer of subfloor everywhere moisture had got to the wood. And that didn't end until late. Then off to the Mexican Restaurant for supper, take out.

And I didn't feel good at the end of the day and I don't feel good now. And two nights' work getting new sub-flooring on the floor in preparation for this coming weekend when we will install the the flooring.

And the following weekend, driving down to Louisiana for a wedding on a Sunday?

No rest for the weary. I came to work today for some rest and relaxation.