Day 4 - 238 -- Saturday Work

The day began disgustingly early for a Saturday. A carpenter arrived early to work on the ceiling in the basement. He worked for about 4 hours and then had to leave. He will return tomorrow for about 20 to 30 minutes to finish -- he needed his nail gun and it was elsewhere. He has done a great job with some new corner molding on the pipe box area that needed to be lowered an inch or two due to the new piping put in by the plumbers. It does look so nice, clean and new. The cat was distressed by the removal of the old tiles and the drilling of plywood to the joists nearer to the end of the process. While the work was going on downstairs, I did housecleaning jobs upstairs, followed by laundry downstairs once the carpenter had left for the day.

If I felt tired yesterday, having less sleep than usual with an early rising -- including the disrupted sleep due to worrying about getting up on time -- I surely do feel tired today. I tried to do some fun things from the to do list, but had to set it aside until tomorrow. I plan to watch a movie this evening and get to sleep before midnight for a change. I also noticed today, the sounds and rhythms of work tasks -- mine and the carpenter's. Some are quite relaxing such as sweeping the floors or washing windows. I've noticed this with snow shoveling, but never really listened as well to indoor work. I had planned to do very little real work this weekend, but couldn't rest and read or watch a movie with the workman downstairs. Hopefully, tomorrow will be more like the original plans for the weekend.

The song that seemed to work for today, albeit in a somewhat sarcastic manner, comes from the days of 'muscle' shirts (look like camis today), leather pants and less structured suit jackets <smile>. Originally from Calgary, they are still going strong, though with a newer wardrobe. I had heard the title and chorus line in my head with a changed preposition -- 'on' instead of 'for' -- which does change the intent of the rest of the lyrics <smile>. Enjoy!

Working for the Weekend -- Loverboy