Good progress today in the tiling. Shawn was on a roll with the tile saw and cut a lot more pieces than I expected him to so that when we start tomorrow we'll have lots of the hard stuff done already. The learning curve was steep but I think we've done well. I actually enjoy operating the tile saw although it's noisy and I think that by the time we're ready to do the baseboards, we'll have acquired a lot of transferrable skills.
We've had no luck solving our air conditioning problem. That is, we returned the defective one and got our money back, but couldn't find another unit anywhere in the city. Apparently we're too late. The rest of the coast has beat us to the punch. In disgust, Shawn called our AC/heating/plumber guy and asked him what it would cost to install central air. There's some government incentive right now that will rebate part of the cost of a heat pump/ AC because it improves energy efficiency significantly and according to this guy, the rebates cover a good portion of the cost. Might be worthwhile, so we're looking into it. Of course that doesn't solve the current problem which is that the house is still boiling hot and stifling. But wow, should we happen to have another heat wave in September we'll be all set.
Tonight C called and let Little J down in a big way. J wanted C to come and watch her do a horseback riding demo at the camp she's been doing for the last week. C had said earlier that she would come, and J stipulated that she didn't want her to bring her creepy boyfriend, which C said was fine. Tonight she called and said no, that the boyfriend was coming. J said she was withdrawing the invitation then, and C hung up on her. I can't fathom that, how the creepy boyfriend (who C, herself, has admitted to finding rather disgusting apart from the fact he buys her cigarettes) could possibly be more important than sharing a part of J's life that she has invited her to share. It's sad.
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