Charlie was at preschool for a few hours yesterday, during which time I got a lot done. (The internet and cable were both out, which helped.) The wallpaper is now all down except for behind the toilet (ewww!) and behind and above the light fixture. I'll deal with that after I wipe all the glue off the walls. I've already got half of the biggest wall scrubbed free of glue residue, and it was a chore. I'm ready to get to the bare walls so I can fix the drywall and finally start priming and painting. Picking out paint is the fun part. I'm also replacing the ridiculous light fixture, and I think I'm replacing the giant mirror, too. Someone suggested two smaller mirrors instead of the one huge one. Maybe two square mirrors or medicine cabinets below two smaller light fixtures. I don't know. That's just what was suggested. I guess the big mirror is sorta dated. Share your opinion, if'n you have one. The vanity is a double sink with brown cabinets. I'm not painting it, and I'm not replacing it right now. That's not in the budget. I'm just trying to get this place fit to sell. Whoever buys it can update the vanity if they want. Here it is before I started ripping down wallpaper. Boy am I glad those angels have finally fallen.
Speaking of Charlie going back to preschool, can you believe those fart sniffers had the nerve to slice a full 30 minutes off the day and not tell me until I dropped him off? They're asking that kids be picked up at 1:00 now instead of 1:30. The price hasn't changed, and they didn't mention this before I paid the non-refundable deposit, registration fee, supply fee, and tuition. Nothing was said until the minute I was in the doorway with Charlie in tow. That irritated me, to say the least. The four hours was already barely enough, considering that it's only about 3 hours and 15 minutes for me by the time I travel to and from. I asked why they decided to cut back thirty minutes, and she said, "Because last year we weren't getting out of here before 2:00, and we never got paid for it."
Well then tell people to come get their kids on time!
I never picked my child up late, but now I have to lose 30 minutes of paid-for child care to prevent other people from taking 30 minutes of not-paid-for childcare? It seems like they're doing the "tell them to be here at 1 so they'll be here before 1:30" strategy, so I don't know whether to show up at 1:00, or just keep showing up at 1:30. The bright yellow sheet they gave me said, "No later than 1:00" in bold, underlined, 900 point font, so I was there at 12:50. Thank you, lazy ass parents. I can't imagine what kind of slacker ass attitude one must have to think it's appropriate to show up 30 minutes late to pick up your child. I was there early almost every single day last year. As I was leaving yesterday, I noticed that the mother of the child who likes to pull Charlie's hair was just parking her giant SUV to pick up her gaggle of children, and it was after 1:00. When I saw her, it dawned on me that she almost always pulls into the parking lot as I'm leaving, and sometimes I pass her on the road heading towards the church as I'm leaving. It was that way all year last year. And she has 3 or 4 kids to pick up, so I'm sure she doesn't even get to the baby room for her little hair puller until a good 10 or 15 minutes after she arrives. Go figure.
Charlie has a runny nose already. It only took one day.
This morning he woke up at 7:45 and started jabbering. I cut off the monitor, and snoozed for another 10 minutes. When I went in there, he had pulled his diaper off, and was standing up in the bed, directly in front of a wet spot in the carpet about 4 feet from the crib. Perhaps he has taken a clue from his bed buddy, Pookie, who also likes to express his anger by pissing on things.
Oh well. It's about time to rent a carpet cleaner anyway.
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