A Rough Week With Little Progress

Have you ever ever been engaged on an enormous undertaking, and also you go searching and suppose, “There’s not a lot left! I’ve nearly acquired this factor wrapped up”? However the nearer you suppose you’re attending to that end line, the additional away it appears to look? Yeah. That’s how this studio undertaking has been feeling to me.

I promised y’all an replace on the progress right now, and I had excessive hopes that I’d have the cupboards within the workplace space of the studio completed by right now. Not solely did that not occur, however I actually haven’t achieved a lot because the final time I confirmed you the progress, which was proper after I had put in my fake crown molding across the high cupboards and the cubby bridge.

Actually all that I’ve gotten completed since then is add wooden filler to the nail holes and cracks, and get half of the cupboards sanded. So now they seem like this, with the best half of the cupboards prepared for primer (I’ve determined to caulk after priming), and the left half nonetheless trying prefer it has hen pox…

I had such excessive hopes, however the truth is that Matt has had a really tough week. And when Matt has a tough time, extra of my time is required to take care of him, in order that leaves much less time for me to work on initiatives. The week began off advantageous. Monday was regular, in order that’s once I was capable of get the wooden filling and fairly a little bit of sanding completed.

However then Matt had a horrible Monday night and evening. And his horrible night and evening become my horrible night and evening. So by Tuesday morning, I used to be so exhausted that I might barely preserve my eyes open or perform. He didn’t even get off the bed that day, in order that meant that we ate lunch within the bed room.

I can’t stand consuming meals within the bed room, however when you might have a husband coping with a continual illness that leaves him too exhausted to get off the bed on some days, you be taught to do what it’s important to do. So we ate whereas watching a present, and as quickly as I used to be completed consuming, I fell asleep (not on goal) and slept till 7:30pm!!! I couldn’t consider it once I awoke at 7:30!!! Y’all, I’m not the sort of particular person to take a nap in the course of the day. That’s simply not one thing I do. However clearly I used to be exhausted, each mentally and bodily.

In order that day was fully shot. After sleeping all afternoon, and waking as much as Matt nonetheless having a tough time, the very last thing on my thoughts was work. Then Wednesdays are my “lunch with mother and Rod” day. (Rod is my brother.) And Wednesday night is our church group that meets at our home. So there was no time for studio progress on Wednesday.

I felt sure that I might get rather a lot completed yesterday, however nope. That didn’t occur. For causes I gained’t go into (however coping with a medical-related appointment), yesterday was such a nasty, disappointing, discouraging day for Matt (and for me) that Matt ended the day in tears saying, “I really feel hopeless.” That almost tore my coronary heart out. The day ended with each of us in a really dangerous mindset. So evidently, studio initiatives have been the very last thing on my thoughts yesterday as effectively.

And that brings us to right now. The studio cupboards are nearly in the identical state of doneness that they have been on Monday once I went to mattress. The nice factor is that Matt and I each acquired nice sleep final evening awoke this morning feeling significantly better. (It’s superb what an excellent evening’s sleep can do for one’s mindset and psychological well being!) Very first thing this morning, Matt was laughing and joking round. We have been each laughing collectively. The temper appeared lighter, and he even stated, “I’m doing significantly better emotionally right now.” After yesterday, that was a aid to listen to. Matt is mostly a really upbeat, glad, lighthearted particular person, so when he will get down and even says he feels hopeless, that’s a really critical factor. It’s very uncommon for him to get in that frame of mind, and I’m so grateful for that.

So entrance right here on out, I feel I have to undertake the identical mindset with my studio that I’ve with our addition. I’m not going to get pressured about it, and I’m not going to vow that I’ll get this factor completed that that particular date. I have to have extra of a “it’ll get completed when it will get completed” angle about it, and preserve the stress low. Each Matt and I’ll profit from that. The actual fact is that Matt has had a more durable time ever since he was within the hospital final October, and he has required way more of my time and a spotlight than he did earlier than. I don’t perceive why that has occurred, however life is totally different for us now than it was earlier than. And clearly, he’s way more necessary than any residence undertaking I may need in progress.

So right here’s to hoping that I can get extra work completed on these cupboards right now and tomorrow. But when not, I gained’t stress about it. They’ll get completed once they get completed. 😀 Within the meantime, I can at all times stare on the one completed wall within the studio. This one nonetheless makes me smile.

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may be taught extra about me right here.