Welcome back. I made some changes. Not only to the blog but to my computer setup. I have two monitors. They used to be at an angle off to my right and I moved both to be in front of me. This will help me better when I decide or need to work from home. It’s the most comfortable setup. My eyes are taking a little bit of time to adjust, plus it’s been a long day.
I spent the morning in bed, was up for breakfast and tinkered around on my phone, watched some TV and then back to bed. I said I would get moving in a bit but honestly I didn’t want to and well who’s here to push me, no one. Unless you count the cats and they just wanted to cuddle.
So I scooped up Marv from the floor and put him in bed and laid down on my side. Marv was next to me just like the old days. Gator was at my feet and Momma curled up behind me. The whole family fit on my twin size bed. It was crowded but we were comfy. Marv was in 7th heaven because he hasn’t been in my bed in a very long time. We fell asleep together and that was nice. His face burred in my arm while the other arm was resting on his belly. As he fell asleep his breathing slowed down, I eventually drifted off. Then Marv woke up and so did everyone else. I got him to quiet down for a bit longer but eventually he wanted up. It was nice while it lasted. I got him on the floor and then I went back to sleep for a little bit longer.
Finally up and moving at 2p. Off to grab the mail and then I wanted to try again for pizza. Wouldn’t you know it another festival was going on and took up parking. I decided to drive to the location that was over by the office. It was a long haul for pizza but it was so worth it. The place wasn’t crowded and my food came up at a reasonable pace. I finished off my pizza with Pumpkin Cheesecake. That was some good stuff! Not worth the price I paid but it was delicious. I have left over pizza for days.
I came back home, got the pizza in the fridge and threw the mail on the counter. Then back out to run errands. Cat food, stopped by the office supply store for a monitor stand. That cost way more than I planned. Then on to the home improvement store for mold supplies. Got some Venom Latex Gloves. These things are tougher than regular latex and what I think the medical field should switch to. A brush which proved to be useless and some spray foam. Then on to Sam’s club for paper products and soda. Then finally home. I dropped $180 total including the pizza which isn’t horrible but it could have been worse.
Fed the cats dinner. Managed to nick a couple cans of soda and had them explode in the case as I was trying to unload. I use a pair of very sharp network scissors and they always manage to get 1 can but this time I was talented and got 2 cans. I was hella pissed but that’s the way it goes. Fixed that mess and the soda was unloaded.
Now on to mold remediation. I remembered I had a shop vac so I got that out and vacuumed up the dust, bugs and spider webs. Then started to clean. Sprayed a cleaner and used the brush. I wiped off some of the mold and it looks better but it’s no where near perfect. There are some products that claim to make things new again with no effort but that just sounds too good to be true to waste my time or money on. I put down a barrier of mold control that I got last week, it crushes mold as it dries. We did have rain today while I was out and things looked wet when I got home but they were not. I’m letting this stuff dry and might put down one more coat. I will break out the foam sealer to fill in the gaps and hopefully keep the bugs out. Since the water problem is solved the mold isn’t going to grow. That means I shouldn’t get sick and there shouldn’t be any mushrooms growing. Which is good.
Now that the temperatures are changing, I want to see how things fair. I am taking the stick your head in the sand method with this and trying to ignore it, considering the source of the problem (water) appears to have been solved. It’s not going away and I know that. I don’t want a hole in my floor or my carpet ripped up. I’ve got the section of flooring that is “the danger zone” covered with a chair and everyone is avoiding it. That is a good thing. You can seal mold in foam sealer and that for sure will ensure it won’t grow but if you get a water problem again chances are very good you won’t know about it until serious damage is done. So I am only sealing cracks and gaps at this point. If that proves to work then I will put some insulation back in and put the tiles back in the drop ceiling. Then were good for a while. When the cats pass away and I some how manage to scrape up the money to have the carpet replaced I will address the floor issue then. Unless the problem gets worse. I researched rotting sub floors and you have to replace them from the top, which means peeling back the carpet – cutting out the rotten part and replacing it. There are other ways to shortcut this and patch it but you really want a perm. fix. I’m not looking to sell and if I did I would disclose the issue. Selling is attractive but I know in my heart that I am better staying put.
It’s highly probable that I will stay here for the long haul. Provided I live long enough to be old enough I’d love to get a reverse mortgage and let the bank take this place after I am gone. Meanwhile they pay me to live here until I die, that is my ultimate master plan not sure if it will work but I won’t know unless I try.
So I am whipped. Physically worn out. I got a shower after working with the mold I felt fiberglass on my skin and the last thing you want to do is scratch. I jumped in the shower and gently washed it off. Then went full bore with a scrub down. Jesus my back is killing me. My feet are killing me. I am just falling apart.
The extra walking I have to do since the office moved is taking it’s tole on me but my hope is that eventually my body will get used to it. It’s the closest thing my fat ass has gotten to exercise in a long time. I need some better cushioned shoes and might go shopping tomorrow to see if I can find something. Outside of that it will be a normal Sunday provided that I can move when I get out of bed tomorrow. Popping some ibuprofen and going to hit the hay.
I hope all is well in your world. Take care.
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