I hadn't been out walking in a while so I thought I would do my body good and take a nice long walk. I set off with an ice cold bottle of H2O, my I-Pod, and a bounce in my step. Fifteen minutes later, I realized that setting off on a brisk walk at 1230PM in 100 degree weather, walking a circuitous route that would last 45 minutes to an hour..was not one of my best ideas.
The blood had already rushed to my fingers and they looked like sausages!Also, I was starting to feel a little dizzy and my water was no longer ice cold. I turned around and headed home, which still took me 20 minutes because I had to stop in the shade and elevate my sausages. I took an ice cold shower and when I looked in the mirror, my face was bright red, but around my mouth and eyes were rings of white. Pretty darn scary! So, lesson painfully learned, but learned well!
After I had recovered, my friend Regina, Tiana, and I headed over to Home Depot to pick up some white paint. See, during one of my break-ups with "he who shall not be named", I painted my bathroom red. Not a bright pretty red...but a deep bloodred. It was supposed to look gothic, but came out morbid. Anyway, I liked it. But since I am moving, (5 days and counting ... WOOHOO!!), I have to paint it back to boring white.
The blood had already rushed to my fingers and they looked like sausages!Also, I was starting to feel a little dizzy and my water was no longer ice cold. I turned around and headed home, which still took me 20 minutes because I had to stop in the shade and elevate my sausages. I took an ice cold shower and when I looked in the mirror, my face was bright red, but around my mouth and eyes were rings of white. Pretty darn scary! So, lesson painfully learned, but learned well!After I had recovered, my friend Regina, Tiana, and I headed over to Home Depot to pick up some white paint. See, during one of my break-ups with "he who shall not be named", I painted my bathroom red. Not a bright pretty red...but a deep bloodred. It was supposed to look gothic, but came out morbid. Anyway, I liked it. But since I am moving, (5 days and counting ... WOOHOO!!), I have to paint it back to boring white. Home Depot fascinates me. It is much more interesting than the mall, becausethere are all sorts of gadgets and gizmos that I never knew existed for things around the house. One area I forgot to stop in was the closet dept. I wanted to check out the different fixtures that could be added to them for maximum storage space. =( So now, Regina and I are taking a break from painting the bathroom. We are sipping on margaritas and eating chips and gourmet salsa. (Yes, I AM cheating on my diet...just for today). I had figured that I would only need one gallon of paint (primer is mixed in) for this room...but we are It is no better than a small closet! We keep laughing because every time one of us bends over, we bump into the other one. Of course, it could also be the paint fumes!!
Let's see. Should I tell a few bathroom jokes? No, I'll be nice. Just let me know when the red starts showing through the white. That will be good for a few laughs. Unless, of course, you were smart enough to apply more than one coat. But that reminds me. One of the things on my to do list is to paint the kitchen cabinets. But, I keep putting it off because I have to wash them down really good first. I don't want to paint over the dirt and grease. Also, paint fumes make me very sick and I don't want to open the windows in the middle of summer. Maybe around January. That way, Mom can help (with the cleaning anyways). Love Dad
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty smart of you to wait til mom gets back.You might even get lucky and she'll paint everything herself...she painted her room here and did a pretty good job! I WAS smart enough to paint more than one coat. In fact, I painted three coats. So, I think it'll be a while before the red comes through. I liked the paint fumes...of course, I also like the smell of sharpie markers...
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