March 09, 2006
Daddy, do
My dad is coming down at the end of the month to help me out with a few house projects, and I'm trying to figure out exactly the best way to put him to work! A lot of what's left to be done to the house is cosmetic - painting the bedrooms, replacing the dining room light fixture - that kind of stuff.
The main reason for his visit is to wash and seal the deck, something that had never even entered my thoughts until he was here at Thanksgiving and insisted that it be done. But how else to take advantage of prime pops handyman time? Should we stick to the yard and attempt to clear out the jungle in the back? Should I get him to help me unstick some of the painted-shut windows? Or do we chuck it all and go see some shows and eat a lot of pizza?
J0shua did end up stopping by this week to fix my bathroom sink, and while he was here I took advantage and got him to change a few tricky lightbulbs. At one point he shook his head and said he didn't get nearly the work done over here that he had planned (there were big plans to retile my bathroom and reglaze the tub - something I will NOT be attempting to do in one weekend with my dad).
I hadn't seen J0shua since December when he came over to fix me dinner and give me a Christmas gift and I can honestly say that seeing him stirred up no feelings and no sense of loss. We were never right for each other - he just figured it out sooner than I did. It is weird sometimes though - because he acted as my agent and my broker, so many of my memories of him and our time together are connected to this house. My houseaversary would also have been a year since we got together and that's weird that they'll always be connected. Luckily, I don't plan to stay in this house longterm. (But who knows? I could still be here in 2020 with eight dogs and squirrels as pets.)
But it feels good to be over all of that and to be at a place where the house now feels like MY project, not OUR project. He was a part of the beginning, but I get to write the remainder.
Posted by hannah at 04:09 PM
