So… I got an email yesterday.
"Dear Nance,
Your project came up in the morning meeting today and we’d like to start demolition Monday Dec1. Please let us know if this fits with your schedule. You still have a meeting on Wednesday with E to pick out counters and backsplash tiles.
Thanks
Your kitchen guys"
OMG OMG OMG OMG! Monday? As in a week? As in My in-laws (who are stuck in Scranton PA with a surprise blizzard) are still going to be here Monday? As in I have NO BOXES to put our dishes in? And we haven’t ordered the faucet and soap dispenser yet? Nor the dishwasher?
FREAK!
However, before this shocker, I got a call from my dad. Before Luna was growing, he had a scary falling and weaving episode that landed him in the hospital. At first, stroke was on everybody’s mind. The next day, he lost his hearing in his left ear. Just gone. All he hears is tinitus. So, while he was learning how to walk again because they believe a virus got in his ear and damaged something to ruin both hearing and balance (no sign of stroke damage), he was getting pretty damn depressed. We told him about Luna at 6 weeks, something we weren’t planning on, to cheer him up.
Yesterday, he had a followup appointment with his audiologist. Last week, he tried a hearing aid and he could hear a whopping 2% in the bad ear. This week, the audiologist tried a new type, some kind of digital one with processing and dad could hear 80% of the words! 80% people! It’s expensive ($2400-for one ear), but they are going for it! How cool is that?
Cool on the hearing aid! That’s fantastic! It really makes a difference.
The email? My first thought was a work project. I couldn’t figure out how “demolition” fit into one of your projects. What, NASA hitting the self-destruct button on some Big Space Machine?! Whoa.
And then I realized it was your kitchen. Oh. Never mind.
I thought the same thing, that they were going to push the self-destruct button on your satellite! What a relief that it’s just your old kitchen that they want to demolish. Phew!
Fantastic news about your dad, what a difference this must make.
Remember the remodeling mantra: “It will end eventually, it will end eventually.”
Bright side= No cooking!!!!!
Yay for your dad, that is so great!
Hope it all goes smoothly and I want pictures – make sure you have some before pics! Enjoy the new kitchen, tell us what you’re doing with it!
Omegamom: I’m so with you, that’s EXACTLY what I thought! And the next thought was “oh no. Kitchen remodel. Nightmare time. I’m so sorry.”
But YAY for your dad. 80% is awesome. Good thing they’re going for it.