Joe has demoted me from 'supervisor', a role I was very comfortable with, to his 'apprentice' by default as there is no-one else but me. I'm not gonna lie, I make a terrible apprentice. But I'm slowly learning things like the difference between a nail and screw (who knew?!), and names of things that all sound like a foreign language to me. Right now, I'm finding all this renovating to be not what I was expecting. All those renovating shows Joe and I love to watch, make it look so do-able and dare I say, "FUN!?"
How is that possible? How!?
Oh, wait a minute. All the renovators have one thing in common... NO YOUNG CHILDREN! That's how it's possible.
Yesterday, I was given my first task. I had to clean and prepare a window for Joe to install in our walk- in robe. Simple first task right? So I thought, until a job that would have taken a normal person 5 mins,10 mins max, took me around an hour. Here's why...
20 mins fighting over the hose...
20 mins of Noah hogging the hose, and threatening to wet anyone who came close to taking it from him...
Then a further 20mins letting them "help"me clean them...
Needless to say, it finally got done. But not before I sustained my first injury- a sore broken toe nail and sliced toe from stubbing it on the corner of the window, probably while Noah was threatening to wet me with the hose. Now I'm hoping 'the boss' will buy me a pair of steel caps boots. Therefor, not only will I look the part, but they will hopefully allow me to keep all my toes during the months and months of stressful, kids in the way, hazardous, and messy renovations we have ahead of us.Never again. Never. Ever.
i love those photos of the kids fighting over the hose! Noah and Indi get the same determined look on their battle faces! haha
ReplyDeletegood luck... xxx
You're a trouper...xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteThe photos are classics! Noah really took charge of the hose! Was it your already ruined toe that you hurt? Ouch if so! One day you will be moving into a brand new home which is built and fully completed BEFORE moving in! Ahhhhh sounds nice hugh? Luke and i always seem to end up in arguments when i am asked to assist...usually its because im doing it all wrong. So its been nice to be on maternity leave from those requests :)
ReplyDeleteYes! It's the same doomed toe. My poor toe will never heal :( It's missing a chunk of nail now...so lovely. 'Maternity leave'- that's a good one. I'm so using that!
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