My Career as a Painter

I went to Tracy’s house last Monday morning to start painting the two upstairs bedrooms.

I packed as for an expedition.   I planned to spend the night, as I didn’t believe I could finish in one day…plus the paint hadn’t been delivered yet and I didn’t know when it would arrive.  There’s no fridge in the house, so I prepared a day in advance by making lots of ice cubes!  This house has a really good freezer, so I made way more than I needed with two trays in one day.

I packed whatever I thought I would need into a cooler bag, with some food in my backpack, painting clothes, pajamas, reading materials, toothbrush, etc., and set off.

Long story short, the paint didn’t come on Monday, but I spent several hours just preparing the two rooms.  A friend of Tracy’s also came to the house to do some repair work (door trim, that type of thing) so I did get some painting in with some white paint that she had at the house.

Once I had confirmation the paint would arrive on Tuesday, I seriously considered going home, but I was afraid if I did, I wouldn’t get back to the house before the paint actually arrived…it’s a two hour trip, so I stayed put, went for a walk, went to bed early and then waited on Tuesday.

The paint arrived at a little after 2:00 in the afternoon and I got right to it.  I wanted (and needed) to go home on Tuesday…just to get more food if nothing else!  Plus, with the timing on evening buses going to my house, I knew I’d really want to leave Tracy’s by 6:30, or I’d be waiting for my bus home until 11:00 pm.

I was able to paint the smaller of the two bedrooms in the time I had and was really quite pleased with the result.  The major problem in this bedroom is the staining caused by the cigarette smoking Tracy’s former partner did in that room when he had the computer set up there.  It’s going to want a second coat, but the improvement after one coat is quite obvious.

What with one thing and another, I left the house on Tuesday afternoon and won’t be able to get back until this Tuesday, but at least I should be able to finish on the same day.  I thank Tracy for the opportunity to do something useful and earn a little needed money at the same time!

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