♪ Zebra Queen ~ NAMIDA ~ココロアバイテ

Three days of physical work. I know. A fancy panty princess like me doing construction-related work for three days. Impossible! I’m sure no one’s surprised to discover my feet are covered in blisters and every well-hidden muscle in my body screams for mercy, my nose and mouth are having a hard time coping with the dust stuck in them and my hands have difficulty keeping hold of anything because they’re so tired. :D But hey, at least my hair still looks ☆★ kick-ass ★☆! <3 (And thus ends today’s worship of Jojo’s hair.)

So, you know how I was worried I wouldn’t be able to pull my own (considerable) weight at the renovation site? That was a silly fear, tbh. Although I didn’t work 12-hour days like the guys (because despite the rumors stating otherwise, I’m not into self-harm), I spent six hours on the first day, four + three hours  (with rest in between) on the second day and two hours on the third day working my generous butt off as well as spending the entirety of the first three-hour viewing at the house baking buns and serving coffee & treats to the guests. I damn well pulled my weight. Naturally I’m a wee bit worried this will come bite me in the ass next week when my body realizes it’s been under stress, but I’ll worry about that when and if that happens. *nod*

As far as the following picspam goes, ignore the overall quality. My camera lens got its share of the construction dust so that fucked up with everything. Will need to give my baby a serious cleaning job after this… pictures & a lot of boring text after the jump.

Day 1 was mostly about evening out the prep paste on the walls and painting them. Might sound like a small job, but the house is quite big and has quite a few walls, not to mention the evening out process has to be done by hand (the machine that can be used for it will just go through the paint/paste layers and that doesn’t end in a pretty result) so that’s several hours of work right there in the weirdest working position known to (wo)man, having to reach up while tiptoeing if you’re a barely five feet gnome like myself. :P At the end of the day, my arms and legs were ready to pack up and move to Florida (need I remind you I’m a full-time nerd and basically spend all my days sitting on my ass?) to live with Aunt Hildegard (that is, my sanity. Moved out years ago.) but the promise of a reward for all that work kept them around… for now, anyhow. I also discovered that Mountain Dew and Fanta Zero make any job tolerable. Shame they’re just about the two top most expensive brands on the shelves. <_<’ Sure I could just go for Coke Zero, but… um, no. Zero sugar… zero taste… zero interest.

Day 2 was mostly about cleaning up as far as the morning & afternoon went. While cleaning up the major bathroom, I discovered that the cunt of an ex-rentee had stuffed the drainage pipe full of sawdust (which really wasn’t surprising, not one bit; let’s just say we’ve had enough problems with this one person to last seven lifetimes, starting with her not even paying her rent for the past two months) so that stole several moments away from actually doing productive work as far as the renovations went, having to clean up her little “prank” that could’ve potentially resulted in major water damage. Way to go, asshole. I suppose it’s lucky for both parties I have the glamorous training of a cleaning lady back from my hospital maintenance days where we had to check the drainage pipes for – among other things – drugs, needles and alcohol bottles. You’d be surprised how fucked up and perverse people are – the times I had to dig out human feces from a drainage pipe can not be counted with the fingers of my two hands. But um, that’s another story, and I’ll spare it for the never-to-be-written post about my experiences in hospital maintenance. There’s a valid reason I had a complete meltdown because of the job. :P

The evening, on the other hand, was serious, fast-paced work again. We were fast running out of time so there really was no time to dilly-dally. My main job was to prepare and glue the half-panels that Jani installed to the wall while Jani’s niece and sister helped with cleaning up the place. Jani’s sister’s children and stepchildren were there as well so we utilized them for the minor cleaning stuff and fetching & carrying non-dangerous tools and light objects. I felt that had to be specified before some politically correct darling throws a shitfit over using child labor. XD

Day 3’s morning was mainly about cleaning while the guys applied the finishing touches. The first showing of the house was that afternoon and we got at least two, maybe three people who’ll with 90% certainty leave their offer. :) So, hard work not wasted! ♥

Today, we’re going to head to Vantaa to celebrate work well done and have dinner at a (fast food buffet) restaurant. Should be fun. :) More pictures of the whole renovation process are available here, although you have to register to see them. ♥ ♥ ♥