Categories: house
Date: 07 July 2011 22:02:00
quite unexpectedly, really.
I had intended just to get the paint and needful items today, but not to get started! Plan A had been to shop at local DIY store, then have the rest of the day off, but I had to come up with Plan B, which was to do the shopping at the DIY store near to work, then go on to a work meeting. However, the meeting was cancelled, so I was back to Plan A, and thus at home all day instead. Somehow, I think the lack of energetic activity at work over the last few weeks (it's been lots of admin, or sitting with students helping them through the last labour pains of getting final assignments in) plus the fact I've been walking less, added up to a need to do something more energetic.
So, I cleared my bedroom, got everything together and got started! So far, it's looking good, first coat of paint on all walls, and ready to go on the ceiling tomorrow. In fact, this may be the only coat of paint on the walls, it was looking remarkably OK when I left it a couple of hours ago. Judgement will be reserved until the morning, and daylight!
What I am utterly delighted about is how much fitter I am. Last time I did a considerable amount of painting and decorating, I was seriously unfit, and it nearly finished me off! Now, I'm not claiming great things in the fitness department, but climbing up and down step ladders is no longer something I dread. I'm just pleasantly achy, rather than completely wiped out after a day of physical activity. Obviously my normal commute of train and walking, combined with quite a bit of activity at work over the last two years is proving more beneficial than I'd realised.
So, tomorrow will be ceiling day... oh heck.