Home stretch
Jul. 27th, 2025 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve_primeOkay, I’m all settled in at J’s house, having made his guest bedroom dark enough for someone who sleeps until noonish. If this works well, I could get other things done in my house and yard too, like my plan to replace that horrible blackberry thicket alongside the south of my house with stamped concrete.
Tomorrow morning, the heat pump replacement team will arrive and start work – they can get into the garage just fine, and if they think they need to get into the house itself before I arrive, they’ll come ask J. They’ve scheduled two days for the installation, although online I see that it typically takes 3-8 hours – maybe they’re allowing for complications, or maybe the new fancier thermostat takes a lot of work. Then on Wednesday will be the duct cleaning; I still have a few more things to get done for that step.
Today was quite tiring! All I did, really, was sweep and mop the floors in the kitchen and both bathrooms, but that sort of work is much harder on one’s body when it’s over 80 degrees inside. First world, 21st century problems right? Everyone else is used to summer heat. Then I moved both mattresses off my bed, which was surprisingly easy (they’re standing on their side now), and tomorrow I can vacuum beneath the bed. After that, I walked down to the beginning of the path through the park and met J returning from a bike ride to the river – the evening breeze was great!
Tomorrow morning, the heat pump replacement team will arrive and start work – they can get into the garage just fine, and if they think they need to get into the house itself before I arrive, they’ll come ask J. They’ve scheduled two days for the installation, although online I see that it typically takes 3-8 hours – maybe they’re allowing for complications, or maybe the new fancier thermostat takes a lot of work. Then on Wednesday will be the duct cleaning; I still have a few more things to get done for that step.
Today was quite tiring! All I did, really, was sweep and mop the floors in the kitchen and both bathrooms, but that sort of work is much harder on one’s body when it’s over 80 degrees inside. First world, 21st century problems right? Everyone else is used to summer heat. Then I moved both mattresses off my bed, which was surprisingly easy (they’re standing on their side now), and tomorrow I can vacuum beneath the bed. After that, I walked down to the beginning of the path through the park and met J returning from a bike ride to the river – the evening breeze was great!