Last week was ARRRGGGHHH!!!! My flooring saga is getting ridiculous. I want new carpet (2nd floor hallway, 3 bds, stairs btwn 2/3rd floors and then luxury vinyl plank (poor man's hardwood) for my 3rd floor giant open room (44' x 16' with a 20' ceiling angling down). I have the treadmill, weights, TV, loveseat and a queen sized bed up there. Right now both the 2nd and 3rd floors have cheap builder crap carpet (which is starting to wrinkle/buckle, plus, it's gross beige). So I placed an order, put down a deposit and the carpet install was supposed to occur on Wed. 1/27. You have to move all the stuff out of the closets (including hanging clothes) and books out of the bookcase in the bd that's an office so I have my master bath and the other bathroom JAMMED with stuff.
Here is the saga:
Jan. 28: Letâs see. Yesterday two guys showed up to install new carpet and one had a mask on and the other didnât. I asked him to put on a mask and he said he didnât have one and they would have to go buy one. And I told them when they came back they needed to park in the front and bring the carpet in through the front door because the stairs were right there. So they left and at least 30 minutes later when they werenât back, I texted the sales dude and told him what happened and where were they. He texted back he was calling the manager to check but that they shouldâve had masks because masks are required. So then the manager called and said they had come back to the warehouse and he wondered what was going on. I told him and he said was going to line them out and send them back.
In the meantime, the fireplace guy came and cleaned up the fireplace and got it all ready and wore a mask and was very nice and personable. In the meantime, the sales dude stopped by because he thought the guys would be back but, nope. He had some new samples for the third-floor that Iâm looking to do so he showed me those. Then he called the manager at the shop and talked to him and it seems that they decided they couldnât carry the carpet up with just two of them and they needed more guys (wtf! did they not think of that before they left?) ďżźand there were no other guys available yesterday, so they werenât coming back at all yesterday. Could they do it today? Well shit! That really messes my schedule up! I said I could do it today but it would have to be at least 1 oâclock at the earliest because I had physical therapy in the morning, so we rescheduled for 1 PM today.
So fast forward to today and I go to physical therapy and then I come home and they are there waiting. Then they were saying something about needing space to cut the rug but it really made no sense. At least they had masks. But after going back-and-forth about what they were actually doing, everyone got frustrated and they got back in the truck and left. I called the manager and he said they had texted him but he didnât know what they were talking about so he was going to call them and call me back. So he called me back shortly after that and says he canât get a hold of them and he would call me back once he talked to them. That was about 1:30 PM and itâs now 8:15 PM and I have not heard back from him. And my entire second floor is all torn up with everything stacked in the two bathrooms and in the laundry room so itâs a big fucking mess.
If they had laid out needs and expectations upfront, that probably would alleviated a lot of the issue. But me hearing three different, and changing, stories did not help at all. Nor does the language barrier.
Rescheduled with another crew for Monday, Feb. 1 - IT'S A FREAKING BLIZZARD SO THEY COULDN'T DO THE JOB!
Rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3 - Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2, the manager calls TO CANCEL AGAIN! I tell him forget the entire thing and GIVE ME BACK MY DEPOSIT.
A friend's husband here gave me the name and number of a local company and they came out and I have placed an order and put in a deposit so hopefully we will get it going this week. I still have everything piled up in the bathrooms so everything is a mess and has been for 2 freaking weeks. And all the waiting around and dealing with this means limited workouts. Plus, last week I was feeling like I was getting a cold - runny nose, ears feeling "full". Generally every winter I get bad bronchitis or an earache, so knock wood - this year has been OK.
I did get one of those Kickr bikes and I'm still working on getting the fit just right. I think I need to swap out saddles!
Last week:
Mon. Walk 1.7 miles
Tue. Walk 1.8 miles
Wed. Bike Sufferfest 4.6 miles
Thur. Walk 1.6 miles
Fri/Sat. Off - didn't feel good
Sun. Bike RGT (a different online system) 9.7 miles; yoga: walk 1.7 miles
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