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Introduction....
I put together all the posts I've done over
the last few weeks. It's a diary of sorts, about construction, and
my experience with my vestibular and vision disorders. You'll
see that I
did not edit the posts. My reasoning was threefold: 1) we're
still unpacking,
getting organized, and I didn't want to deal with the visual challenge of that much
editing.
2)
I thought that sharing this un-edited, less polished writing
would give a better feel for how my writing reflects my experience... hopefully
you'll get the flavor of what it's been like.
3)
I wanted to see for myself what it was like to listen to the whole thing in one
chunk, and thought I'd share it.
I was struck, when listening to my posts as one continuous
narrative, the continual need to find a
balance between planning, and staying in the moment, taking it one day, often
one event, at a time.
Anyway, I'm posting this in
two parts - pre July 4th and post July 4th.... Thanks for taking a look :-)
Part 1 Summer Home Projects 2016
June 18th
Scoped out the hotel today... workable but
definitely some challenges... also got a mini lesson from Cara on my mini
iPad... very visually challenging using that to be online - better than being
out of the loop, but hopefully won't have to use it for more than a day on
either end... over the next few days, may not respond to messages quickly if
you comment on a blog (hoping to post one soon), but I won't disappear... Keeping my eyes on when all of this is
done.... and there are improvements - many bags, boxes, hours of effort,
movers, etc. later.... and of course a few dollars ;-)
June 23rd
(an e-mail sent to my parents)
We're at Res. Inn.... the work to prep the
basement was completed today, and we're going in two of us today, two tomorrow,
to deal with the upstairs - safeguarding stuff re vibrations. Got the permit (yay!) so hopefully all will
go according to plan and PS will do their thing on Mon and Tues.... then the
kitchen floor gets done and we go home on the 1st... we'll try to get stuff
back in place upstairs in bits before we go home...
still getting organized/oriented at RI...
June 28th 2016
Short update on home project challenges...
A new blog post will be coming when major
house projects are further along, and challenging computer set-up is no longer
an issue... check my VPIP FB page for mini updates and some music ... Thanks
for understanding :-)
day number 4 in hotel...
this week major work in house, then one more week with us in the house... my
body's ready for this to be done... but one day, one event at a time... pacing,
telling myself I can do it..
June 27th - day 5... when I'm dealing with a lot, JD is my
go to music.... two crews at the house today... hopefully all the work went
well... Wed. we start putting stuff back so it's livable... thanks for all the
messages of support!!!
June 28th Day 6 ... work
is progressing... I'll be at the house later to check on things... if OK then
Wed. and Thurs we get some stuff in order enuf to have it livable for us on
Fri... still weird computer set up, so no blog till next week...
June 28th - Perma Seal/water project is done,
concrete in basement needs to dry so work downstairs will be done next week...
Kitchen (and small bathroom - same flooring) will be done on Fri. so we can GO
HOME.... house is pretty chaotic right now but Ron and Leena will start getting
things in shape today, and Cara and I will do some Thurs. a.m... house will
still be weird next week, but I'd still rather be home... one step at a time,
one day at a time....
6- 30 - 16
Day 8 - Making sure everything is on track
for us to be home on Fri... getting organized to pack up and get home... The cognitive processing of all of this gets
difficult, so I'll take it slow, ..try to pace myself....one piece at a time...
it'll still be good to be home... wonder how the pets will behave (?).... don't
know if the work will be finished next week, or if it'll move into 2 weeks...
guess we'll see... May post on Fri...
maybe not till Sat...
7-1-16
Day 1 at home, still construction...
today was NUTS... but we're home....water
drainage, kitchen and bathroom done - relief! Basement next week... hopefully
will get done... so stuff is still kind of everywhere - garage, upstairs,
etc.... but it's good to be home... still weird computer set up... not looking
forward to putting basement back together, but one step at a time....
Good to be home... getting used to new floor
(don't win the ugliest, most worn out floor anymore!), looks good but very
diff't to walk on and look at... had to have the plumber come out and will have
to come back... funny the things you discover when work gets done... well, our
house is 60 yrs old...
glad today and tomorrow will be calm at home,
I NEED that... SO exhausted yesterday... still need some recovery time..
Day 3 - Ron asked if I'd rather be home or
the hotel... I said home, but that it's a lot of work to deal with learning the
kitchen floor - didn't expect that... and my computer set up is a bit better,
but still diff't, still something to learn, the house is very cluttered, so
hard to navigate... so yes, better to be here, but I have to pace myself better
- yesterday was exhausting.... figuring stuff out... it'll be diff't again tho
nice to have the girls home... then there'll be workers in the house... but I'm
getting ahead of myself :-).... right now, I've just got to pace myself and
move thru today...
July 5th
went to the local July 4th flower show with
Ron, took a break and walked around the booths a bit... really paying attn to
pacing myself... I'm home now and Ron is off to the parade - with West
Deerfield Township, as a Trustee.... I'm grateful I was able to do an outing...
and NO workers, or service people today...
This is a very short piece - a notice
really...if you saw my last 2 or 3 posts, you know we're doing a big home
project which involved major construction and going to a hotel... we're home
now but I found many challenges with so much new visual and vestibular info...
so pls check my VPIP FB page for updates....
