Exhausted

My alarm never went off because we turned the circuit on and off about 12 times last night and it reset my clock. All I know is I went to bed around 12:30 AM, and I felt like I hadn't slept.

After getting home from work last night, I made dinner, we ate, I cleaned up dinner, then started packing, packing, and more packing. Chuck actually got to take down a couple cabinets, the microwave, turned off some of the electrical as well as took some lights down.

I just cannot believe how much stuff was in that kitchen - I think of it as pretty tiny - and it was, but boy you could really pack in a lot of stuff! The thing is, those blind corners held stuff that I didn't even remember was there. And, the top shelves - yeah, a couple of them had stuff I used regularly, but a lot of the rest was also lost. I suppose that will also happen in the new kitchen, but I think what cabinet space I will have will be a lot more accessible. OTOH, I know that there will be A LOT of stuff that will not be coming back into my new kitchen.

<---the contents of my kitchen

So, today it begins. No turning back now. I met with Dave in the morning, gave a check, talked about the plan for the next few days, and that was it.

Tonight we ate out - Chinese. It was really more about belatedly celebrating my birthday, but it was also convenient since we wouldn't have much of a kitchen. I'm going to keep count of the number of meals out/take out that we eat (not including vacation) during this process. It really should be added to the budget.

When we got home, I got to see the first progress - I am already impressed. The wall between the kitchen and DR is gone, and they started on the wall between the DR and LR. Unfortunately, I now see a pipe (heating?) that is going up the wall to the 2nd floor. That means a relocation if I want my open wall. Which, of course, I do. That pipe is right where my china cabinet will go.

So, I'm really pleased with the progress so far, but what's that smell? It is like rotten garbage smell - maybe they found some dead animal in the walls?