Painting day (Yet more from Tales of the Great Unpacking

Before we're done putting our stamp on this house, we'll be painting in all three bedrooms. My wife's ambitious plan in the first-stage of the move was to have all of it done before I arrived in town at all.

Did not happen. For a number of reasons, not the least of which her desire to think bigger than we can manage.

In the back-up plan, we were finishing all three before moving and placing everything into the house, hopefully co-inciding with the laying of new carpet and wood flooring. That, like plan A was a bust.

So here we are...in the house a full week and so far only one room done, and that not even completely. Two of the rooms require a coat of primer thanks to the previous paint job.

Half an afternoon, but no arguments later (we measure home improvement projects not in terms of man-hours but by the number of arguments required to finish the project), bedroom #2 has a coat of primer on the walls and is ready for the application of the colored coat. But only slightly more than I am wearing on hands, legs and even in my hair.

I spent a summer painting during college and enjoyed the work. Recent efforts have gone nothing like I remember the 'good 'old days'...I've gotten too old, too slow and too lazy to crank out finished walls like I used to.

Thank God I don't have to work for a living, I guess!