Tired

I am tired, both physically and mentally. Physically, it's been a long weekend and Monday. As I posted earlier, we closed on the house, so we spent Friday afternoon/evening there working, then all day Sat and Sunday. Then, I worked yesterday and spent about 3 hours sanding and cleaning at the house until after 9:00pm. This morning I got up and walked a couple of miles, then I'm working, then I plan to be at the house until 9 or so again tonight.

The list of projects is long, and we keep finding shit things to work on. So far the list is as follows:

• Plumbing-pro coming to do the work, scheduled for late this week or early next.
• Electrical-pro coming, probably late next week, possibly early the next.
• Paint in GC #1 room. (this is mostly done now after 3 days)
• Paint in GC #2 room. We had to replace a piece of the wall that was broken in, so there has been some major sheetrock mud and sanding going on. Hope to be done with that part tonight so we can start putting color on the walls. Also need to sand down the trim I had to remove and then get it back on the wall to be painted.
• Spare bedroom - has holes in the wall that were hidden by furniture. Going to mud over them and hope it holds for a year or 2 until we can gut that room and sheetrock.
• Master Bath-tear down crappy late 70's or early 80's wallpaper, sand smooth and paint. Spray clorox or equivalent on the slight buildup of mold on the trim. Re-caulk all the joints to keep the water IN the tub. Fix the shower door handle and rollers. Replace one of the light fixtures.
• Paint in the dining room-there are exposed beams at the top of the roof that are literally half painted. Needs to be repainted.
• Clean the windows in the dining room and paints. That wall portion consists of french doors and 2 windows. It pretty much all needs to be painted.....asshole PO couldn't finish anything.
• Clean out junk left by PO (previous owner) and put in trash. Organize inside storage room and both outside storage rooms.
• Steam clean all the nasty carpets.
• Replace various light bulbs.
• Clean pine straw off of roof, clean gutters.
• Mow, weedeat, trim bushes, dispose of old lumber and other trash, rake, power wash patio area.

Damn, I'm tired just thinking about all this crap.

I'm also tired of reading the news and hearing nothing but bad.....earthquake/tsunami induced nuclear meltdown with radioactivity hitting the West Coast already - check.   Continuing bad to middling economic news, with no real sign of any change soon - check.  Oil over $100 barrel, with continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa?  - check.   Silver, gold and other commodities hitting mildly insane highs?  - check.

Basically, I need to stop reading, watching or listening to the news. Don't think it's going to happen, but I may need to take a break this weekend and focus on home improvements and drinking beer.

Later