progress?

well, we got the estimate. i think it's completely reasonable and also doable. a lot of the work will be left to us (er, alex) but i'm honestly ok with that. funny how expectations change. 19 weeks ago my stance was that all the flooring upstairs HAD to be done as well as ALL the painting and the office had to be reconfigured so we could work in it (finally) and the nursery must be set up, all by sometime mid-may the latest.

now? i'd settle for stairs that are done and at least the flooring on the right side (everything but our bedroom). and the nursery at least painted. all the rest would be a bonus at this point. *sigh*

when alex told me the amount of the estimate (1800 and some change) i thought it was a no-brainer! yes! call him now, can he start this afternoon? for some reason he doesn't share my joy. i mean, is this money i'd rather not spend? certainly. but even to get the new tool that he's need to attempt it, it was like $600 on it's own. i can't see how this isn't a win! especially since his biggest concern apparently was the whole contractor-running-off-with-your-money thing, and the guy wants LESS than HALF upfront, the rest on completion. there's even a clause in there that when he tears out the stairs that alex ruined that if he causes further damage when removing them it is his responsibility to repair it, at his cost. i mean, come on!

poor guy has been on one conference call after another all morning. if he ever gets off the phone we'll talk more about it.

speaking of, i have plenty i should be doing myself right now.

20 week ultrasound tomorrow. i was telling monkey this morning to feel free to let s have a little show, if you know what i'm sayin'....