I’m tired tonight. Tired of the whole remodeling project going on in my house, tired of other people traipsing through it, and tired of their using the one remaining half bath or pounding away while I try to work.
At the end of a big project, people often say, “Well, if I knew then what I know now, I’m not sure I would have done it in the first place.” This applies to getting married, having children, changing careers, moving across country, building or remodeling a house. They are all on-the-job training sorts of things.
As for me, what I say is that I wish I had done this earlier and gotten it behind us, so that we would already have been enjoying our fancy bathrooms. Instead we put it off, thinking maybe the next owner would tackle the four inch tiles that dominated both bathrooms on the floors and ceilings.
But as time passed, we decided we wanted to update those bathrooms, not so we could sell the house at a better price but so we could stay here and enjoy the comforts that updating a room can bring.
The truth is we’re on schedule; and demolition, the worst part of everything, is behind us. Now it’s just forging along to the finish line, which is probably another three weeks away. We can do it; in fact there is no other choice at this point. But I would caution anyone who takes on a big project to consider not only the time and money involved but also the endurance factor.
And this applies equally to getting married, having children, changing careers etc. too.
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