One would think that today would be a smart day to sleep in, since the plane didn’t land last night till 22:45, which meant that it was just before midnight before we were home, the cats had had treats, the litter box emptied, and a quick shower taken so I could get to bed (yay pre-flight airport yoga, which meant I could go nearly straight to bed) just before midnight. But no, I hopped up with Keldor just after 05:00, and while we talked during his drive to work I managed to:
- Clean away all of the things at the back of the “walk in closet” in the bedroom (created by putting the paperback bookshelves about a meter in front of the built in closets along one way) so that I could move the litter box there (after taping some butcher paper to the walls)
- moved the litter box to the prepared place, and cleaned all of the litter that had collected around it back into the box.
- emptied the cupboard above the litter box, moving the cleaning supplies to the space in the kitchen under the microwave and food dehydrator, the towels into the cupboard with the sheets, and the miscellaneous other things to the craft supplies room. So that cupboard is ready for the plumbers to drill holes through the one side of it to run plumbing through
- cleaned up the garage enough to make room for more stuff
- Moved most things in the laundry room to the garage
- took the various bits of scrap wood left over from the building of the framework for the walls in the attic, and cutting away the old floor for Create extra bathrooms to the cellar, where some of it will be re-used in other projects, and others will be burned in the furnace on days Keldor wants extra hot water for a bath.
I got that all done on time to have breakfast before the plumbers arrived. It turns out that they had expected that Simon would have put the holes through the floor and into the cellar for the pipes to the attic, but clearly Simon didn’t know that, so Marcus will call him to arrange that and discuss details, while the other guy (I need to find out his name) started on work in the cellar. He is cutting away the existing plumbing completely, and getting it set up to move the water for the washing machine over to the other side of the room, where it will live, and install both a toilet and sink where the washer stands now.
Of course, this means I can’t flush the toilet or run water down the sink till he’s done. I have extra drinking and cooking water in the fridge and filled a couple of buckets for washing with, and put a bucket in the sink to catch washing water. A small inconvenience for what will be a huge improvement! I am really looking forward to having another toilet and a sink in the basement. Just think—one will be able to wash one’s hands after doing messy things in the workshop, without having to come up stairs!
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