Work
There's not much to report here. I'm doing my best to get student records so that teachers can put in grades and wind things up for the semester. It's nice to be able to go on campus without having to check with the principal first. I'm still working mostly from home with a trip or two to the school each week to print records, mail papers, etc. I'm expecting to start working everyday on campus next week since people will be withdrawing their students if they are moving over the summer. Our superintendent announced yesterday that we will have an outdoors graduation ceremony in mid-June for our graduating seniors. Since there is construction just outside of our football stadium our nearby university is allowing us to use their football stadium. To follow safety regulations, each graduate will only be allowed 2 guests and the guests must have a ticket to enter. It happens to be that the graduation is on my last day of work before my summer break so it will be a celebration for me as well!
Health
There are now 220 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in my county with 131 recovered and no new deaths. I still wear a face mask when I go to stores or when I'm walking the hallways at work. I had lunch at a restaurant today. I was nervous but I know that I need to slowly increase the risks I'm taking. Things are looking pretty good for my area. On a more personal note, my husband and I are doing well. In late March and early April I was having panic attacks and it was pretty frequent that I was on the edge of an attack. I'm really glad to report that my disposition is much more even and I usually have enough energy/motivation to do my work along with housework. Unfortunately my sleep health is still off. The past week was especially bad and I don't know why. Last night I slept well so hopefully it was a fluke. I also seemed to have caught a 24-hour stomach bug or something recently (my only symptom was really bad nausea) but I'm doing just fine now.
Home
We are continuing work on the sunroom/solarium (seriously guys, help me think of a name for this room!). The brick is now cleaned and sealed. Man, that sealant stuff stank when we put it on but it was worth it! The brick now has a nice gloss to it and the mortar doesn't come off if you brush against it.
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| It's hard to show off the finished product since it's clear |
We hired a company to pour a polyurea floor. It came out great and it should last decades!
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| Before any flooring |
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| Finished floor! |
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| This is a mid-point photo. I forgot to take a "before" photo. |
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| Finished and glossy! |
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| Lots of caulking and wood putty to fix holes and such |
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| Much more uniform! |
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| This is what wall texture looks like when you first spray it |
- Texture the ceiling and paint it
- Build the counter (that will be 99% my spouse, he's great at building things with wood)
- Clean the closet (such as wiping down the walls, patch holes, repaint the walls, etc)
- Build shelves for the closet (again, this is a spouse thing)
- Move the fish aquarium to the new counter
- Move-in the birds
I can't believe that the room is so close to finished! I am really excited to have a guest room so that family can actually spend the night at our house when they visit. The dogs already enjoy the sunroom and I think the birds will really like having huge windows and being able to watch us while we are in the kitchen and living room. I hope all of you are doing well! If you can think of what to call our new room, please tell me in the comments!
-Clare G. S.
