Personal

I didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, but I had an unusually pleasant and uneventful trip. Sunday after US Thanksgiving is supposed to be the worst travel day, but in this case it wasn’t.

I got to the airport at 5AM for a 7AM flight, which meant I had to be up almost 3AM EST. There was no line at the ticket counter and I breezed through security in no time. My first flight to PHX left on time and even arrived early. My connecting flight to Vancouver left on time and also arrived slightly early. It took only a few minutes to get through Canadian customs and the baggage claim went quickly.

The only delay was getting to the hotel from the airport, since there was a parade tying up traffic downtown.

I’m leaving early tomorrow morning for Vancouver. This will be my third trip up there this year. I’ve loaded my iPhone and 80G iPod with lots of podcasts I have to catch up with on my flight. I have EDGE roaming turned off with the latest iPhone software, so hopefully I won’t get a huge bill like I did the last time I was in Vancouver. I’ll only be there until Friday and I’ll be spending all day in the office, but I’ll try to meet up with a few people in the evenings.

The guys put in the last piece of granite today. The bar and most of the backsplash went in yesterday, but they were missing the side piece and the piece behind the stove. They still have to come back for one last time to plaster & clean up a few things.

The granite counter top was installed today. They didn’t have the pieces for the backsplash & bar yet, so those are being installed Monday. When that’s done, my kitchen will be finished!

The guys were back today and finished putting in the cabinet lights, so they were able to put the doors on the cabinets. I picked out the granite counter tops, which should be ready by the end of next week.

A lot happened today. The floors are finished, all of the cabinets are mounted, most of the appliances are in, and the ceiling light is up. The guys had someone come over and measure for the granite or quartz countertops. The kitchen is now mostly usable (except for the lack of a sink). Besides the sink & countertops, they still have to put in lights under the cabinets.

The guys are going away until the middle of next week. I’ll have granite & quartz samples tomorrow so I can pick out the countertop. Not much will happen until the countertop is ready.

The guys finished painting, picked up the kitchen cabinets, and started installing them. One of them fixed my doorbell, which hasn’t worked since I’ve lived here. A piece was stuck and it took less than a minute to fix.