a week is wrapping up

A week is wrapping up. We ripped Steven's room apart and gave it a good cleaning while he was gone, but I was unable to wash all of his laundry, as I lost so much time when the electricity was out. Nonetheless, his room no longer has that funky and unpleasant smell of old dirty sweat socks, and that is a most excellent thing.

We will be steam cleaning the carpet, and moving Bill's bunk beds into that room. Then we will rip apart Bill's room, and get a new double bed for it, so it can be a guest room the months he is away at school.(This is with his knowledge and participation, and he will be picking out the new bed and mattress).

This afternoon the inspectors will be leaving my workplace, which is great. A load of stress will be gone at work with their departure.

Steven will be coming home this afternoon from wrestling camp. Supposedly his weight group at camp was going to be rough. They had him go to the high school camp even though he is only 13. And he got the high school state champion from Ohio as well as another medalist, and a couple of kids who went to the high school state championships from Michigan, too. I am expecting him to be hungry and exhausted and grouchy for the next couple of days.

Today is the birthday of my former friend.  So happy birthday to him, and may he have the best birthday and best upcoming year of his life. And though he will never know it or see this, I can wish him happy birthday with complete sincerity.  

Dan called a little while ago. Bill and I had to quickly clean up the driveway and front of the house. A cement company is coming tomorrow to pave the driveway. We did not even know this was a possibility. Ah well. Hopefully having a cement driveway will make for easier snow/ice removal in the winter, and no one will slide backwards down the hill and get stuck in the bushes first thing in the morning next winter.