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When the Duraclean guy came and assessed our mold
situation (due to the seepage), I couldn't take it all in. That we needed to take out portions of the
interior walls of our basement, have a major mold removal done, and rebuild. The official term is mold remediation, which
apparently is the fancy term for the whole process of getting rid of mold. Then Leena and Cara helped me clear out an
area in our laundry room where we'd gotten a LOT of water - that was STILL wet
- like dripping wet, and smelled FOUL!
What had we been growing?! Blech....
we took pics of a few things, but everything had to go. Once the space was empty, I took an old mop
handle, towel, and poured bleach on the floor.
I hadn't been able to sit down, and was starting to feel it, but I
needed to do SOMEthing, and cleaning seemed like the obvious thing to do.
At one point, when I was carrying something upstairs, and amazed
I did it - maintained my balance - I think I was powered by "I've GOT to
get this disgustingness OUT of my house!".
But that moment when I was staring at the floor, and the wall behind it,
it hit me that there was no way we could deal with the mold ourselves, AND no
way we could do nothing. So more
upheaval is on the way; more disruption, more $$$ - yup, one more big,
obnoxious project to deal with, and more dealing with contractors - before we
can REALLY reclaim our basement.
As this all sinks in, I contemplate how we've spent the
summer, and that my younger daughter will be going to college (as well as her
older sister) in less than a month. I
realize, unlike the basement, this is supposed to happen - my daughters moving
on. I know she will still need me, as
will her sister, but change is difficult.
I'm trying to figure out how I will spend my time. I will write, I will set up our electric
piano keyboard and experiment with that - should be interesting both spatially
and visually (all those black and white stripes of keys). I'll play my flute a bit every day, and I
will listen to audio books. Hopefully I
will figure out something social I can do.
There are multiple things that people typically do when
their kids are in transition, and the nest is sometimes empty, but many of them
are not within my reach. So I'll see. I need now and always to appreciate anything
I CAN do. When I was thinking about this
post, I thought "this may all sound negative, but this is what my story
is, to tell.". I've realized, as I
move through my days, that my main goal really is always to keep this in mind: that whatever challenges come my way, I'll let
myself feel the difficulty of it, but also face my challenges and keep
moving. My life will never be easy, and
that's just going to have to be OK.
Hey Bud!
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