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swestrupSlept in, but I can hardly count that as a bad thing these days, what with all the insomnia (which can go away any time now, k'thnx.) I got about ten hours sleep total, so that's good. My plans for the day are still fuzzy as I'm just now having my first coffee and haven't (until this exact moment) given any thought to breakfast.
I do know that I need to do some clean-up in the basement, so The Carpet People can work (relatively) unobstructed tomorrow. I also need to move the modem back into the basement. For the last month the ADSL modem has been in my 2nd floor office and connected to the ADSL jack in the basement via the miracle of 100' of phone cable. Said cable is not only unsightly, but it takes a route passing through a hole in the stairs that will be carpeted over tomorrow.
Before the contractors put up the basement ceiling I drilled holes in the joists and ran a network cable from my office through the holes, so there is an obvious way to have everything set up again. I've only been reluctant to move the modem back into the basement to date because I've been worried about what the paint (and other chemical) fumes and dust might do to my modem down there. My guess is "not much" but I've already blown one modem and right now having to suddenly cough up $150 bucks for a new one while being without the Intertubes in the meantime constitutes a worst-case scenario.
However, right now the painting, plastering and so on is done (well![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
taxlady wants to use a bit of the left-over stucco to fix a bit at the top of the stairs, but I won't count that.), and two days ago I managed to buy a backup modem, an exact duplicate of my current one, from talyesin at his garage sale for $1. (But I'm kicking myself for not picking up the 4.5G SCSI drive for $1 as well, as it turns out I do have a spare SCSI card). This greatly adds to my peace of mind with respect to that modem as it has been, up to now, the single point of failure which would deprive all the computers in the house of Internet access.
So, all that's left to be done in the basement (other than the carpeting) is to buy some new light fixtures. The contractors smashed the glass on one (andtaxlady accidentally threw out the remains) and I managed to smash the other while removing the protective tape and plastic from it after painting. Its no big loss, as both fixtures were très ugly and we had planned to eventually replace them. Luckily, Reno Depot and other stores have been advertising acceptable light fixtures for around $20 a pair, and even on our tight budget, I think we can afford that. We just need to do some shopping for them sometime soon. Still, that's not critical, as we have some standing lamps for the basement we can use for light in the meantime.
So, once the carpeting is done, we can tell the storage folks to bring back all our stuff, and then we have to somehow find places to put it all. This will undoubtedly involve us moving all of my shelves and their contents again, as the current position was chosen as one that was compact enough to let the contractors work unfettered, but isn't very practical and actually blocks easy access to the finished part of the basement from the garage.
Looking at all that, it still seems like a lot of work, but we're nearing the end of the tunnel, and very little of that has to get done today. Which is good, becausetaxlady and I have plans to visit archdiva tonight to watch the latest episode of Heroes.
I do know that I need to do some clean-up in the basement, so The Carpet People can work (relatively) unobstructed tomorrow. I also need to move the modem back into the basement. For the last month the ADSL modem has been in my 2nd floor office and connected to the ADSL jack in the basement via the miracle of 100' of phone cable. Said cable is not only unsightly, but it takes a route passing through a hole in the stairs that will be carpeted over tomorrow.
Before the contractors put up the basement ceiling I drilled holes in the joists and ran a network cable from my office through the holes, so there is an obvious way to have everything set up again. I've only been reluctant to move the modem back into the basement to date because I've been worried about what the paint (and other chemical) fumes and dust might do to my modem down there. My guess is "not much" but I've already blown one modem and right now having to suddenly cough up $150 bucks for a new one while being without the Intertubes in the meantime constitutes a worst-case scenario.
However, right now the painting, plastering and so on is done (well
taxlady wants to use a bit of the left-over stucco to fix a bit at the top of the stairs, but I won't count that.), and two days ago I managed to buy a backup modem, an exact duplicate of my current one, from talyesin at his garage sale for $1. (But I'm kicking myself for not picking up the 4.5G SCSI drive for $1 as well, as it turns out I do have a spare SCSI card). This greatly adds to my peace of mind with respect to that modem as it has been, up to now, the single point of failure which would deprive all the computers in the house of Internet access.So, all that's left to be done in the basement (other than the carpeting) is to buy some new light fixtures. The contractors smashed the glass on one (and
taxlady accidentally threw out the remains) and I managed to smash the other while removing the protective tape and plastic from it after painting. Its no big loss, as both fixtures were très ugly and we had planned to eventually replace them. Luckily, Reno Depot and other stores have been advertising acceptable light fixtures for around $20 a pair, and even on our tight budget, I think we can afford that. We just need to do some shopping for them sometime soon. Still, that's not critical, as we have some standing lamps for the basement we can use for light in the meantime.So, once the carpeting is done, we can tell the storage folks to bring back all our stuff, and then we have to somehow find places to put it all. This will undoubtedly involve us moving all of my shelves and their contents again, as the current position was chosen as one that was compact enough to let the contractors work unfettered, but isn't very practical and actually blocks easy access to the finished part of the basement from the garage.
Looking at all that, it still seems like a lot of work, but we're nearing the end of the tunnel, and very little of that has to get done today. Which is good, because
taxlady and I have plans to visit archdiva tonight to watch the latest episode of Heroes.
