Know When To Say When

As some of you may know, we had great hopes to save some cash by doing a bit of the work ourselves. And while that worked out OK in the demolition phase, its just not going to go as well from here on out.

We already bailed on installing the floor ourselves, and the drywall was the latest casualty: there's too much to do and not enough time to do it! So we bit the bullet and had our GC bid that out. It's kind of a bummer, but the stress would have done us in.

Which puts us in an odd spot- and one we've only recently come to recognize: we aren't in control. Not in the way we're used to. Most of the time, every tiny little decision- where does the outlet go, how should I route that pipe, should I screw that in or nail it- no matter how small, we made them. Now- someone else is making them. I am not telling the electrician which circuit to use, Sherri is not deciding between lightweight joint compound and regular. We feel a bit disconnected from the project.

The up side is that I come home from work and discover wonderful things have happened- like the recessed lights have been installed, or the window was removed. Things like that. And that's nice.

Takes a bit of getting used to though.