I think Lina Lamont got it right...

when, in the movie "Singing In The Rain", when she said "And I cayn't stand'im". I cayn't stand this house. It's utter chaos. I've got boxes of flooring, ladders and a drier in my living room, along with the usual clutter. I've got gallons of paint, boxes of stuff like faucets and washing machines in my kitchen, along with the usual mess. I've got planks of molding in both rooms and boxes of kitchen stuff lining the hallway.  I wish I worked in an office or somewhere, just to have a place to go to get away from it a few hours a day. And only two more months of this bedlam left. I hope I'm not crazy by then.

My appliances came on Saturday and they're truly beautiful. That five burner gas stove is gonna be awesome and I'm glad we went with the upgraded dishwasher, DeWitte's really gonna enjoy it. Now I've got to get that gas line run from the meter to the back of the house. The first guy that came gave me an estimate for $1,200! He wanted to charge $300 just for pipe alone and it only needs to go 30 feet.. That's $10 a foot, and a foot is only 12 inches, that's just under a dollar an inch. It's not even gold, either, it's just copper. I could melt down pennies and make my own copper pipe for less than that. I wish I had the guts, I'd look it up and do it myself but I don't think gas is something you should mess with, things are chaotic enough without explosions all over the place. I've got a guy coming to give me a new estimate tonight.

Now, I've got to finish painting the laundry room and then get started on the floor. The sooner I get it done, the faster I can get back to some sort of normalcy and right now, sort of normal is all I'm asking for.