The family room is cleaned and reorganized top to bottom–finally! Still have to paint the walls and ceiling as well as recarpet the floor, but that will all happen after the new windows and door are installed sometime in September.

In the process of moving stuff around I somehow hurt either my leg or my back. Not sure what the problem is, but I’m living on ibuprofen every 4 hours for the pain. Have a doctor’s appt on Friday…

Gotta go back to work tomorrow, unfortunately. After being off since 8/5, I have really mixed feelings about going in again. In some ways I’m looking forward to seeing all the people there and getting things back to normal, but then again…it was really nice goofing off for a little over 2 weeks! I could get used to this.

Didn’t even come close to making a dent into my *project* list. Oh well… Maybe I’ll make some progress while Patrick is away at Burning Man. However, the Olympics have certainly taken a toll on my time that’s devoted to all these household chores. I was only able to finish the family room because the tv is in that room. Perhaps I’ll work next on my bedroom since there’s a tv in there as well.

Bought a set of tv tray tables on Saturday in preparation for the Lakers games this fall…as well as “must see tv” on Thursdays. The tables are a teak wood and I got a great deal on them at Sears–$19.99 for the set!

Well, tonight is trash night, so gotta go scoop poop from the litter and get all the rest of the trash into the bin and out to the street. At least it’s early enough that I won’t wake the neighbors as I roll the can out to the street.