Well, the Tile Looks Good

It has been an interesting day in home ownership.

The day started off on a bit of a downer, when I realized that the touchup paint in one of the small bedrooms fails to match the base color. So I'll be getting up early to repaint that room tomorrow.

Then the tile guy showed up right on time, but discovered that the shutoff valve for the toilet wasn't working. Fortunately, I had a spare shutoff valve on hand, and managed to get it installed (with a little help from the tile guy to tighten it appropriately). As of 4:45 this afternoon, the tile in the bathroom looks great (pictures coming soon).

The laminate team didn't show up until after I'd headed off to work. This afternoon, when they called me to come lock up after them, they ominously said that there was a problem with the floor, and that the boss would have to talk to me tomorrow. Never good. When I got to the house, I could see that they'd done quite a bit of prep work: my formerly glue-encrusted floors were polished concrete. Sadly, it's uneven polished concrete. So I get to look forward to finding out how to address badly uneven floors. (My dad has suggested switching from laminate to tile. I'll see what the other options are in the morning.)

When I showed up at the house, the one functional toilet in the house was running. I managed to kludge the float into triggering shutoff, but it looks like once I finish repainting in the morning, I may be reinstalling toilet bits. Whee?

Here's hoping that the appliance deliveries go smoothly tomorrow, and that they happen at the beginning of the delivery window so that I don't miss too much more work. Being employed is what's letting me afford all of this, after all.