‘Tis But a Flesh Wound

 

Yesterday I felt very tired, after not sleeping so well the night before. I’m stressed about finishing the suite, finding a tenant, what it will be like to have a stranger living in my house (even though the suite is private), etc. and it’s actually keeping me from sleeping well. I thought we had found a great tenant, but yesterday she told me that she had rented something else. Bum-mer.

So I arrive home after babysitting a cranky little girl all afternoon and decide to do a few things in the suite. It’s one of those projects where you can’t do everything in a few days. It takes a while and I have to be patient, but I also have to keep positive and plugging away at it. Perhaps it wasn’t the best day to be cutting drywall and hammering.

Things I Learned (or Re-Learned)

• measure twice, cut once.
• don’t try to divide a thin piece of drywall into two even thinner ones. It doesn’t work.

  

   

• hammering nails directly upwards is REALLY hard.
• don’t put your face right in front of where you are hammering a nail, keep it to the side.
• ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GEAR. Drywall crumbles in eyes = ouch.
• try not to get the finger of your disposable glove caught in the screw while using the electric drill.
• screws should go in straight.
• 1 1/4-inch screws are better than those really long ones that you are unable to screw in with that powerful electric drill.
• don’t fall off the ladder.

While hammering awkwardly upwards (to secure the metal edging on a corner), I somehow smacked my finger in between the hammer and the railing of the ladder. It hurt, but I kept hammering because I was getting frustrated. A few moments later I looked down at my hand and saw that the finger glove was all bloody! Aw, ’tis but a flesh wound, but I sure could be more careful.

Today is a day off from renos, weeee! Happy about that…

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