Snow Again…
Damn, I’m really getting a little tired of snow now. I like it and all, in the winter that is. But I have stuff to do and it’s messing with my schedule. Up in the cottage I put in the kitchen sink and faucet and finished piping out the water main in the boiler room. Yesterday I installed the baseboard heat and it looks good. What I really want to do is caulk a few cracks in the ceiling and paint it (with ceiling white, of course) but the temperature is too low to paint, so that’s why I’m saying the weather is screwing up my schedule. I guess I’ll just do odds and ends up there today, finish bringing the feed over for the heat, across the attic and stub it down in the boiler room, and maybe sand the taping I did in the bathroom. I want to get the ceiling painted as I bought all the lighting fixtures. I would like to get them installed as hopefully the electric will get hooked in to the house this week.
Yesterday as I was sitting here, before I went up up there to work, I decided to drop a line to my head hunter. Well low and behold, she called me back within 5 minutes! I was very surprised. She said she just had something come in that morning and she was going to look it over and see if I was a good match. We talked about some skill sets and then I got an email from her saying she was going to do a presentation of my background to them and she’d let me know as soon as she heard something. That was yesterday afternoon. I’m starting to think the worst… Or maybe just the usual, which lately has been the worst. Couldn’t she at least call or write and say it’s a no-go so I don’t sit here wondering? Aaaaaggghhh, I need to find a job, like NOW!!
Then I drove through the snow and freezing rain last night to go down and see G and we had breakfast at IHOP, it was very yummy. Came home, talked to her on the phone and fell asleep. What an exciting life I lead huh ? For some strange reason, for the first time since it started, I watched the war on CNN this morning when I woke up. It’s so weird to see it all first hand almost. Like nothing is private anymore, I guess Marshall Mcluhan was right after all.
Made a pot of coffee, and drinking it now before I switch to construction worker mode. All out of stuff I like so I brewed a pot of Ethiopian Sidamo. Going to stop by S’bucks today and pick up a pound. Lately I favor a custom blend, half Gold Coast and half French Roast, it’s very good. Of course if I could afford it I’d drink nothing but Yemen mocha’s… The other cool thing is a couple weeks ago they had a brewing sale, and the coffee pot I use, the “Utopia” was only fifty bucks, so after the employee discount (thank goodness for friends) it was only thirty five bucks!! Yup, so I bought a spare one to have for when mine breaks. I’m already on my second one, so I figure every year or so they just wear out. The amazing thing is this is the EXACT same pot they sell at the Bodum store for $119, and I got it for a mere thirty five, oh how I love a bargain! And it makes the best coffee you ever tasted. Vacuum brewing is the best method there is, and this pot makes it foolproof with a built in chip that controls the temperature and timing.
In any case, don’t even get me started on coffee, I’ll be here all day! So I’m gonna have another cuppa, get dressed, and start my day (yes, before noon!). I’ll check in again soon, and have some pics of the cottage work as well, K?
