Monday morning. I had hoped to prime the walls last night, but I ran out of steam in early evening while I was sanding the fourth wall. I really made a mistake on those goggles. I should have splurged for the kind that look like glasses. The cheap kind fog up really fast. I had to stop every few minutes and go wipe them out with a tissue. Otherwise I couldn't even vaguely see what I was doing.
Also I should have realized cleaning up would take a while. Because it wasn't just running the tack cloth over the walls, but also getting the dust up off the floor. Man, there was a lot of dust in that room. I still need to mop the floor but I swept and vacuumed and it's mostly cleaned up.
Anyway, between being tired and moving slowly on these jobs, and also going over to feed & walk Corn Dog, plus having some actual work (you know, the paying kind) I didn't get back to work on the room last night, and somehow managed to plan so poorly that I ate dinner around 10 pm. After that I watched a very slight movie (Night Nurse starring Barbara Stanwyck, soon to be written up) and fell asleep on the couch without even bothering to open the air mattress.
This morning I've got work to do & then, as usual, I'm out most of the day with meetings. The station is back on the air, which I confess I'm bummed about. I mean, I'm glad we're not off the air for days at a time, but I could have really used that time here. Oh well! I still have enough time to get everything done. The plan is to prime the walls and headboard tonight, then tomorrow paint the wall color, paint the headboard, clean up and put everything back. The painting will go fast because the baseboards and window frames are down. So the only trim is around the 2 doors and there's very little cutting in to do.
I wish I could start priming right now! But this client work has to be done first.
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