I was planning on doing all of my remodeling at once: the kitchen, dining room, den, and living room. But the project plan has changed. I’m not going to get started on the big remodel until mid-April, and my house has been without carpet for a couple months. It’s a little embarrassing when people come over for a party and it looks so ghetto. So I decided to tile the living room with travertine before the big remodel. This will give us a couple months of comfort.

So today Candyce and I scraped, swept, and scrubbed the concrete floor in my living room. Cleaning your floor is such a humbling chore. It’s hard to feel like a rock star when you are hunkered down on the floor scraping off carpet glue. And it’s an unending project–there is always more to scrape up. You back hurts. Your knees hurt. But Candyce and I just kept going, and four hours later, the concrete actually looked clean enough to walk on with bare feet.

I can already see how much nicer my house will become after all of the work today. Once the remodeling is done, I’ll probably sell my house. I already feel a little bit of regret for not doing all of this four years ago when I moved into the house. At least then I could’ve enjoyed the fruits of my labor. But the regret isn’t too strong because I’ve been insanely busy since the day I bought this house, and I know there was no possible way to get it remodeled. I’m okay with that.