I’m very thrilled that the larger of the two garage doors was finally replaced on my house under construction. It’s a perfect match with the smaller, second garage door and it is meaningful in part because the original company before the contractor I chose tore down the larger garage door for no reason. The boarded-up larger garage door always depressed me as a waste of resources to a prolonged nightmare. So it’s a milestone to have it replaced, to have the weeds carefully cut down in the front and to have the house less tarped already while the shingles (I already picked out) will soon go up. The curb appeal of this renovation has really improved in the last week.

The garden continues to fascinate me with the directions things are growing and how things have preserved regardless of human intervention, especially because I only stop by once in a while.

After having a very productive meeting with the contractor during which I made many final choices for the house under renovation, I continued to have a very productive day, which included getting paperwork from the county confirming the end to my marital status from a previous relationship of ten years and confirming that the house is now legally in just my name, as was agreed with my ex who was very reasonable in the end. Thank goodness I was well-prepared for all three stops, and all these transactions went smoothly. We even had time to go to a showroom and geek out over fixtures. The first three stops were within a mile of each other, and there were no lines or significant complications.

Let’s say a subchapter of my life occurred that day, and Shea was there for all of it, especially the showroom, since he was trying to get me to go there for months, and I dragged my feet. He’s much more of a nerd for that stuff than I am, but it was nice to touch and fall “in love” with some of the designs.