(1) My kid and his husband are moving into a townhouse. Their current place is 441 square feet, and their kitchen has no drawers. The new place has no washer/dryer, but there's a laundromat literally half a block away. Anyway, I'm only ancillary to this move, but it's still been occupying some of my time.
(2) Home Repair. We've been putting in a walk-in shower, because Dr. Skull has trouble using tub-showers anymore. His back injury precludes stepping in and out of tubs. I've been helping him in and out, but that's a short term stop gap. The walk-in shower is nice, and we hired a contractor to handle all the various plumbers and so on, but MAN it's a lot of work on my end even so.
(3) Medicare. I've almost got everything worked out, but again, a lot of work on my end.
(4) Reading for and writing reviews. This is fun work, but it's still work.
(5) GRADING PAPERS. This is the last set of comp papers I will ever have to grade. That is all that is keeping me going at the moment.
(6) Various medical and dental appointments. Most of these are for Dr. Skull, and one of the doctors is located in Fort Smith, which means a lot of driving.
(7) The current political situation. Contacting my reps daily. I'm pretty sure it's doing no good at all -- they keep sending me responses telling me I'm wrong and to stop worrying my pretty little head. But I persevere. I was glad to see the Supreme Court standing up to Trump. And of course I continue to donate to the ACLU, which is doing stellar work.
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My in-laws just had their downstairs bath ripped out and redone and even though my FIL already has spinal stenosis and a foot drop.... they put in a tub.
GOD. NO.
Wow, I've never had a kitchen with no drawers. The record was a kitchen where you could tell people that something was in *the" drawer, the bottom cabinet, or the top cabinet. We also learned--always open the pantry door before making assumptions. Ours turned out to be a water heater closet.
On your walk-in shower, I love how a lot of adaptive things are actually cool for everyone.
And last set of comp papers ever!? So exciting! Hang in there! It will take a long time, but it's so finite!
To quote one of my favorite children's books, "These are not bright chickens."
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