Nov 14

Nov 14 The Unwanted Surprise

I love sharing my journey with my friends on Instagram. It’s fun to use a graphic medium, and it’s a much easier way to share progress than texting the same picture to 20 people each time something interesting happens. (Not to mention most of those people probably don’t care to see every detail of the reno.)

But after doing my very first poll in my Insta stories (guys…I’m over 30, so this was a true accomplishment), a friend commented that I might have asbestos tiles on my hands. Thank goodness for her, because I did some research, and the tiles in question have all the telltale signs (I did my research here…thanks, Bob Vila!).

So, like any good Millennial, I bought a testing kit on Amazon. A few days later, I got the kit, took my sample, and dropped it back off at the post office. It’s somewhere between here and California right now, and I’m anxiously awaiting the results. Since the tile has now been disturbed, I’m not comfortable being in the house until I know difinitively either way, so this weekend is being spent relaxing and doing chores around my current house.

IT IS KILLING ME. I want so badly to be moved into the new place before Christmas, and I feel like losing one weekend of work is a huge setback. But, there is not much I can do about it. So, in the words of Jack Johnson, I’ll be sittin’, waitin’, wishin’ until the results come back.

In the meantime, I gave myself a manicure, used a hydrating facemask, and went to look at sectional options. Stay distracted, folks…it’s still 2020!