While I'm At It
Finally, it was me who was doing the waiting. I started ripping up the carpet in our staircase in late November, weeks after DW and I decided that instead of replacing the covering with hardwood, we'd just replace the worn-out carpet. I stalled work in early December and didn't resume until this past April. We put a down payment on the new carpet and were told that someone from the company would visit us, a few days later, to confirm the measurements, and we'd get a call when the carpet was shipped to the store and we could book a date for installation. We waited a week between the home visit and a call that the carpeting had been received. We weren't upset at having to wait nearly two weeks between ordering the carpet and having it installed. Far from it. Because while we were looking at the stairwell, now bare, we noticed that the walls were in pretty sad shape. You see, they've never been painted. I mean, they have paint on them but it's just the builder...
