Still no internet/TV/phone. Got a rescheduled appointment for the eighteenth. That's two whole weeks away. Sigh.

Meanwhile, all day yesterday we couldn't get on the neighbors' wireless either, so it was really hard to work. Eventually I got the phone working as a modem (and it stayed connected for over six hours, a new record), but until then I was emailing files using my phone's email client and an SD card. Big fun.

Yesterday I installed blinds in one of the bedrooms. Did you know blinds only cost five bucks? I was really surprised. Anyway, I measured wrong, installed one bracket sideways, stripped four screws ... I was in tears. Then I decided to drill pilot holes, and it was Really Easy. So now I know how to put up blinds.

Lin and Max slept last night in said bedroom for the first time. Yay.

I also finished installing the faucet (flexible Qwik Trap fitting for the win), and it works, so that's awesome.

And I put up a double towel rod and a toilet paper holder in that bathroom too. It's actually a usable bathroom now!

We put wallplates on the outlets and switches in my room and Lin's. Such a small thing makes such a nice difference.

On Monday the cleaning ladies came, and the house was veryveryclean for a day. Not so much now, but it's nice to know I don't have to worry about tiresome non-everyday things like getting cat hair off the sofa, or cleaning mirrors, or dusting, or changing the sheets on my bed, as they'll be back in two weeks to do it again. Also I have no plans to vacuum ever.