A continuation of yesterday.
I arrived at the job site this morning and discovered that our Gatorade had been stolen. Not the cooler, or other bottles of water, just the four bottles of Gatorade. And it seems like a fan was stolen as well. Which was a shame, as I really liked that fan. It was very powerful. Fortunately they did not take any tools, as there were lots of nice ones not far away. So that’s how the day started. I did some cleaning and organizing, and started to prepare to load my trailer, but the excavator left his Bobcat in the way, so I couldn’t pull into position to load. That ended up being a blessing in disguise as it started thunderstorming around ten. The ground quickly turned into a muddy mess, and by the time we got everything in from the weather we were soaked and decided to call it a day. There just wasn’t any more that we could do. I sure hope that tomorrow I’ll be able to get everything moved down to the farm. I really need to get to work down there.
Things fall apart, but the Little Man abides.
Today was a bit of a disaster. The plan was basically just to clean up a little bit, pack my tools and some leftover materials, then head to the farm. I arrived to the project at 6:30 and the countertop guys were getting there as well. I helped them bring in the granite, and we discovered the first problem of the day – the granite slab and the cabinets did not align. Long story short, I had to take up a lot of flooring and then we spent considerable time adjusting the cabinets. This was just in unit one. In unit two we took up the cabinets and cut them so they will move more freely and we can hopefully adjust them without taking up any more flooring.
Other issues included the footings guy hitting electrical conduit, the porch guys leaving without doing any work, and a general sense of chaos as deliveries were being made all at the same time. On the bright side, I got all of the flooring put back down and the bathroom vanities look great. But I worked until 5:15 and there is more yet to do tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to get down to the farm early afternoon.
Luke had just finished nursing when I returned to the condo and so we played together and did tummy time.
Still not done, but closer.
It was a pretty low key day on the job site. I started loading up my trailer and packing my tools. I also finished up a couple spots of flooring that I had overlooked. We went out to order stair treads and had to go a couple of different places. After that it was lunch time, and so we dined at La Hacienda on Nolensville Road. When we returned I cleaned up some and then hit the road. Tomorrow I will load up all of my tools and the leftover materials and head to the farm. Not sure if I will do much work there or just unload. Today was miserably hot, which really demotivated me. Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse, before it cools on Wednesday.
Back at the condo Luke was in a good mood. We played with his bookimal (book/animal) and he nursed a lot. He will get a bath later. Liz said that he pooped several times, which was good to hear, since he didn’t at all yesterday.
Busy day for the Little Man.
This morning we took Luke up into town to see the project my dad and I have been working on, and where his grandparents will soon be living. He also met their neighbor, Mr. Holt. After that we went for a walk at the AG Center. We only did two laps instead of our usual three. He was getting a little antsy, plus we spent a bit of time talking with a couple that had two springer spaniels. I was afraid that Liz might offer to trade Luke for the smaller one! Back at the condo everybody napped for a while. This afternoon we did tummy time and just relaxed.
My parents came by this evening. Unfortunately due to his napping and feeding they weren’t able to see much of him. Hopefully they will be able to return this week. He is a little fussy now but nursing seems to be calming him down.
Loving the book toy.
Luke and I played with a little toy that is a combination animal and book this evening. He really engaged with it. After dinner he got a bath and as usual was very relaxed about it. I think we are going to start trying to bath him every other night. He nursed well this evening. We didn’t do tummy time.
Not the final day after all.
I stayed in bed until about 7:30 this morning, which was wonderful. Luke got up about the same time, so I was able to say hello to him before leaving. I drove down to the farm and got my trailer, then picked up the remaining flooring at Big Box. There wasn’t too much traffic up into Nashville. I finished the floors and did some clean up. Unfortunately the trim and other stuff that I was going to haul back with my trailer wasn’t ready, so I left my trailer and will return Monday. Pretty frustrating, but such is life.
Long afternoon with the Little Man.
I got back to the condo pretty early this afternoon and was able to see Luke while Liz nursed. He then took a long nap (unfortunately I did not). After he woke up we relaxed on the bed for a little while. He did some tummy time and really stayed up for a while, but didn’t roll over. Later this evening he’ll get a bath.
Burning out.
Arrived around six this morning and enjoyed a nice view from the roof. It was still pretty muddy, so I spent a bit of time cleaning up outside. It looks a lot better now, but there is still a bit to do. The dumpster is pretty much full though. I didn’t get much else done. I helped my dad with a little trim and did some inside cleaning. We picked up some things we needed at Lowe’s and went by the marble shop. After that I was just feeling exhausted, and since tomorrow is going to be a very long day I decided to pack things up and head home. Tomorrow morning I’ll drive down to the farm and get my trailer, pick up the remaining flooring at Big Box, then head into the city to install the flooring and haul off some unused materials. Then it’s back to Columbia to drop off the trailer and tools. It will all take a while, but at least then I’ll be done and ready to start back on the farm next week.
Four months!
Well, the Little Man has been with us for a third of a year now. It’s still pretty surreal. He had his four month doctor visit today, and the doctor was very pleased with how he is doing. Overall he has been doing pretty well. Getting a little fussy at times, but nothing major. He is nursing great, and actually hasn’t had any formula in nearly a month. He seeps at least seven hours every night. He seems to enjoy going on walks. He can really hold his head up high during tummy time. He hasn’t gotten sick yet. It feels like he has been pretty low maintenance, relatively speaking, but I don’t have much of a frame of reference.
More rain.
After a few days of slacking off I arrived at the site just before six. It was humid. I worked on the floors until I ran out of material. I also noticed that a bit of my flooring was ruined by water that came in during yesterday’s rain. So that is really frustrating. I reworked all of the French doors in order to ensure that they closed properly, and hopefully won’t let any more rain in. Just as soon as I finished that up it started pouring down rain. We packed up and left. This was around 3:15, so another pretty short day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.