hit the wall today

I started the day by meeting the electrician at 8 a.m. One of the contractor's guys spent four hours jackhammering the remains of the slab out back. Unfortunately, after demolishing the slab we discovered a footer underneath. It's about 18" deep by 18" tall, and is made of 3,000 psi concrete which is extra strong. Regular concrete cracks when jackhammered, and this concrete only gets a hole drilled where the jackhammer head was. After 4 hours, all they had to show was a 4" crevice through the footer. Ugh, that slab has been filled with unpleasant surprises.

I spent some more time fuming over paint colors. It is so hard to pick, but I am really close. In the afternoon, I made yet another trip to Ikea. I had something to return, and I could not find the receipt. This was especially frustrating because I am super careful with my paperwork. It's not like I throw things anywhere and then can't find them. I remember specifically putting this someplace where I would definitely have it when I went to Ikea and where it wouldn't be lost. Then I could not find it and spent about an hour looking for it. I ended up not being able to return my item. I am confident the receipt will turn up, and I'm sure I'll be going to Ikea again. While there, I also looked at closet doors. We don't have any at this point, and I am hoping to find sliding doors that look something like Japanese shoji screens. Ikea had some promising options.

After returning in the late afternoon, I finally hit the wall and just couldn't go anymore. I cancelled my evening plans and tried to relax for a few hours.