Sunday, January 25
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Doing okay in spite of very little sleep. I had trouble falling asleep, and then my husband woke me up for Dan the carpenter coming.
I said "I don't feel like getting up, I didn't get any sleep", so he said "okay, you don't have to get up for this". That actually really pissed me off, because then WHY BOTHER WAKING ME UP?!!!
Yesterday when we were in the city, he tells me Dan was coming today would I clean up the upstairs to make it easier to assess the work, so no notice, we were in the city all day, so we came home and watched a movie and I'm cleaning the upstairs at 2 am.
He made it sound like he needed me to be with him today to assess the work, wakes me up, and "it's fine if I don't want to get up"?
For Pete's sake!
I still didn't get much sleep after that.
At least the assessment seemed to go well. My husband made it clear to Dan that we had a buttload of work for him to do here so he doesn't take on other jobs for quite some time. We probably have enough work to keep him busy for the rest of the winter and well into summer.
My husband sounds determined to push hard this year, and get the basement and the addition and a ton of other things done, since we are getting a good dividend return this year from the stocks we hold in the company he works for.
I think my husband finally too, is realizing that one day he won't feel like getting up on a ladder to address an issue with the roof, or that it would be nice to spend our weekends in the summer doing other things besides either buying materials or working on the house.
I think finding Dan is the biggest thing. Dan gets along with my husband, and feels like a friend rather than a hired carpenter. My husband can work WITH Dan, so it feels like working with one of our house work friends.
My husband says that Dan is also working up to starting his own construction company, and if that happens it might be different hiring him to do smaller jobs like our house. So, my husband is getting him to work before that happens.
So I did the usual chores, and it was finally warm enough to put the goats outside again.
My Sweetie stayed home to continue working on the sink with the clay reclamation tubs under it, and the cabinet he's building looks great.
I went to see River.
Poor Earl looks pretty haggard, and howls for food. I feed him every time I go to the barn, often more than once, and whatever is going on with his Thyroid, he's always hungry and isn't gaining weight. Poor guy.
River did well today. He had good energy and focus. He seemed to pull a bit to the outside when ridden to the right, but wasn't rushing the trot. He did better to hold a smaller circle with some work.
I changed his heavy blanket for a lighter one, since we're moving into warmer weather again.
Then I came home and put Dandy back.
My Sweetie had supper ready, and we ate and chatted before he headed off to bed.
Doing okay in spite of very little sleep. I had trouble falling asleep, and then my husband woke me up for Dan the carpenter coming.
I said "I don't feel like getting up, I didn't get any sleep", so he said "okay, you don't have to get up for this". That actually really pissed me off, because then WHY BOTHER WAKING ME UP?!!!
Yesterday when we were in the city, he tells me Dan was coming today would I clean up the upstairs to make it easier to assess the work, so no notice, we were in the city all day, so we came home and watched a movie and I'm cleaning the upstairs at 2 am.
He made it sound like he needed me to be with him today to assess the work, wakes me up, and "it's fine if I don't want to get up"?
For Pete's sake!
I still didn't get much sleep after that.
At least the assessment seemed to go well. My husband made it clear to Dan that we had a buttload of work for him to do here so he doesn't take on other jobs for quite some time. We probably have enough work to keep him busy for the rest of the winter and well into summer.
My husband sounds determined to push hard this year, and get the basement and the addition and a ton of other things done, since we are getting a good dividend return this year from the stocks we hold in the company he works for.
I think my husband finally too, is realizing that one day he won't feel like getting up on a ladder to address an issue with the roof, or that it would be nice to spend our weekends in the summer doing other things besides either buying materials or working on the house.
I think finding Dan is the biggest thing. Dan gets along with my husband, and feels like a friend rather than a hired carpenter. My husband can work WITH Dan, so it feels like working with one of our house work friends.
My husband says that Dan is also working up to starting his own construction company, and if that happens it might be different hiring him to do smaller jobs like our house. So, my husband is getting him to work before that happens.
So I did the usual chores, and it was finally warm enough to put the goats outside again.
My Sweetie stayed home to continue working on the sink with the clay reclamation tubs under it, and the cabinet he's building looks great.
I went to see River.
Poor Earl looks pretty haggard, and howls for food. I feed him every time I go to the barn, often more than once, and whatever is going on with his Thyroid, he's always hungry and isn't gaining weight. Poor guy.
River did well today. He had good energy and focus. He seemed to pull a bit to the outside when ridden to the right, but wasn't rushing the trot. He did better to hold a smaller circle with some work.
I changed his heavy blanket for a lighter one, since we're moving into warmer weather again.
Then I came home and put Dandy back.
My Sweetie had supper ready, and we ate and chatted before he headed off to bed.
