I went to three hardware stores today, one twice. My buddy Greg and I started at Harbor Freight and went to Home Depot afterwards. Later in the day I walked to Pearl Hardware and then realized what I’d forgotten at Home Depot and went back. I think I even bought the wrong thing and may have to go back yet again. What a mess.

In any case, I’m getting the pieces to finish the upstairs and I’m hoping it will be done soon. There are cosmetic defects here and there but what needs to be finished is getting short.

The east bedroom (where I’m sleeping) needs two attic doors, the closet to be trimmed out and then painted, and that’s about it. The extras are a couple more light fixtures. The room is full of boxes and furniture and that needs to be relocated throughout the upstairs.

The west bedroom needs carpet, outlets installed and connected to the breaker panel, closet light, two attic doors, and “window treatments” (or blackout shades in reality).

Oh, and then the stairs.

After that, I should have the upstairs back!