phew!

[boxofdelights]

+ Aiko slipped out the front door tonight. He dashed hither and thither, afraid to stay where he was, afraid to go anywhere, very afraid to be caught. Hugh kept his intimidating figure between Aiko and the road. I followed him, sweet-talking. Nixie let Tai out. Tai obeys me, and Aiko feels safe with Tai, so with everyone's help I caught him and brought him back inside.

+ Finals week is over.

+ Hugh and Mungo painted Nixie's designated bedroom with yellow walls and sky-blue ceiling. It is lovely.

- Nixie won't use her bedroom until I deal with the floor.

+ I pulled up the horrible carpet in Nixie's bedroom without much trouble, to find

- horribler stained, stinking carpet pad stapled to disintegrating linoleum over unfinished hardwood.

- Don't know what to do next.

+ Have dog fud. + Have shower. + Have new mask for CPAP.

- Aiko's going to freak when I turn on the CPAP.

Comments

[fourgates.livejournal.com]

Re theh floor: The conventional thing for me would be to rent a floor sander and learn to use it. I have hear it takes some practice. Not wanting to bother with that, I think I'd buy a belt sander (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=45387-70-DS321%20%20%201) and ~20 course-grit belts and spend a day or two on it. That'll at least get you down to an level if not almost-smooth surface. Then you can decide if the wood can actually be finished. If not, I'd install laminate flooring over it. That stuff lays on a 1/8" layer of spongy wrap stuff anyway, so it'd even out any minor inconsistencies in the floor. Or of course you could go with carpet, but personally I wouldn't.

Re CPAP: I have recently learned that I have apnea when I sleep on my back, which I never did while growing up. A friend from way back has had a CPAP machine for years, and he always requires less sleep (~6 hours) than I do (~9 hours), so I am jealous and curious but not enough to go to the doctor about it.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

For finishing the wood floor, I'd recommend getting a pro to do it. Running a sander can be difficult, and the equipment that you can rent isn't as good as the equipment that professionals use. (Half my family used to work for a floor-finishing and -installation company.)