Garage Update

I will post pictures later on this week, but the garage-to-home-office remodel is zooming right along.  This weekend, Dave, my dad, and two other friends worked on installing the dry wall on the ceiling and the walls.  As of last night, we have the bottom of one wall and a few odd shapes here and there left to do.  Dave will be able to finish those bits off this week.

It’s amazing when I think back to what Dave has done.  He has had to learn how to and then actually do the following:  install French doors, hang 7 windows, rewire the garage, tear out all the old drywall and install the new drywall, install recessed lights and insulate the garage/office. 

We’re going to pay for someone to “mud” the walls, or put tape and spackle the seams on the dry wall.  (Apparently, at least around here, that process is called mudding, and is a lot of hard work)  Then we have to prime and paint the walls, paint the ceilings and floor, put in molding, wire it for the computer and move everything in.  We’re talking less than one more month and the office will be set up!!! 

It’s so gorgeous!  And it is, in fact, going to be the biggest room in the house!  We’ll have a sitting area for reading and editing, two desks, and loads of bookcases.  We’re even going to put some benches/storage areas around the windows of the reading area for even more storage space.  I can’t wait to have my own dedicated office space for working at home. 

Sick Baby

And the other “exciting” news this weekend was Conor’s mystery illness.  He’s been in a relatively good mood, but he’s been running a fever between 100 and 102.5 since Friday.  Finally, late last night, his fever broke and he was back to normal. But then at 4:00 am, he was roasting again.  So far after that last Tylenol, he’s back to normal.  We’re keeping him home, though, because if any fever spikes again, it’s time to take him to the doctor.  The weird thing is that he’s had absolutely no other signs of illness:  no vomiting, no runny noses, just a little less appetite and a little more fussing. 

OK.  I’m off to the library to copy articles and do some reading.  Dave is Mr. Mom today. 

(Final, finally, Simba ran across my computer keyboard Friday night and changed the font size on my screen.  I have no idea how to get my computer back to normal.  Wily little cat....)

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