Impromptu

I’m a planner. I like to plan things out far ahead. But this has been a year of the unexpected, the impromptus, the it’s happening now – let’s roll with the punches.

Today is the last day for the bathroom and basement remodel. They pretty much wrapped it up last night, with minor bits here and there for today.

So we were actually approached by the workers for some more work when the bathroom and basement project ends. At first it was just doing backsplash in the kitchen to really put a bow on it. Their price was half of what the company quoted us. Which prompted us to asked about having the popcorn ceiling removed in the hallway, which lead to adding a bit more work to seal off the end of hallway wall, and install both bedroom and office doors. Before they left last night they made us an offer on removing the rest of the popcorn ceiling in our bedroom and office and painting the whole room. So we asked about having the wall put back up between the office and bedroom too. (LOL) At the end, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse, even though we said we’d have to think about it. After they left, Wzrd and I talked more about their offer … and we decided that while everything is moved out of the rooms, we might as well have them do the floors as well.

It felt so surreal last night sitting on the bed, staring at our bedroom and office. Because it was the final piece. We weren’t ready to do this part (we weren’t ready to do the basement and laundry room either lol) … but their offer was just too good. Our simple two bathroom remodel turned into almost a full house remodel. Three weeks of work turned into four, and now adding another week in April. We were looking forward to the house returning to “normal” after the last four weeks. But now I’m super excited for the next and (hopefully) final phase.

I’ve had dreams of finishing our bedroom for years. It had been stuck in a temporary-permanency. Everything we done was with the “it’s only for now” mindset, except the “for now” lasted 15 years.

Sidenote :
We were suppose to go back to Tokyo for a week in May. But Wzrd work is sending him to Madrid, Spain for a week (the week right before we were suppose to be in Tokyo). So now we’re spending two weeks in Spain, and I finally get to go to Barcelona !!!! (/squeeee) I have this romantic idea of Barcelona since forever. LOL I hope it lives up to my expectation (unlike Paris lol).

Life is happening! We definitely feel the “adulting”.