I have one of these apparently common spurts of nearing-the-due-date energy going on this weekend, combined with an insane need to GET THIS PLACE CLEAN AND TIDY. I decided that the basement had to be sorted out - it looked like World War 3 had taken place down there. Basically every toy that D owns (which, believe me, is on a par with Toys R Us for volume) was out, on the floor, in pieces, separated from the other pieces, and it was absolute mayhem. It serves me right for not going down there often enough, but something needed to be done & done soon. Not least to make room for some of the baby toys and gear which had to be sorted through and made ready for the little one.
Enlisting G's help yesterday we began to go through some of the many cardboard boxes which had previously had bits of different toys thrown randomly into them. After a couple of hours we began to get fed up and G suggested we should go out and buy storage containers (avoidance tactic) so I agreed and we nipped out. Coming home, G then made an arrangement with our neighbour to do the driveway blackening thing that needs doing here. I wasn't particularly chuffed as we had left the basement in a possibly worse state than it was when we started, but the drive needed doing too. The drive then proceeded to take from 3pm to Midnight. Well, 3-9 followed by 3 hours of heavy drinking by them & the others who congregated outside last night, present company of course excluded from the alcohol. So, coming to bed at 12 obviously meant the basement needed TO BE CONTINUED today.
Up early this morning and spent the entire day getting it done - finally finished around 4.30pm. Looks great, worth the effort. Went out to buy dinner, cooked dinner, and then went for a walk around the block during which I felt like I was about to give birth.... the baby seemed to be very low and I could do little more than waddle painfully and hope that I could get home! I guess I overdid it a little today :) I'm going to relax now & watch Eastenders!
Posted by katie at June 27, 2004 07:24 PM