I don't know what happened. The last few pages of my thread seem to have been deleted. I hope they can be retrieved.
A brief summary of the last few days: I emailed my H about his suggestion (back in Dec/Jan) to schedule time to work on the basement. I asked to to let me know what suited him. I sent with that email a whole bunch of info - my picture at a work party, and the boys' email exchange about upcoming my vacation, festival, snow shovelling miracle, hoping to email me before V-Day, etc.
Anyway, he responded asking for my schedule next week. I responded with Mon or Thu and that I could re-schedule my Tue outing if necessary. He responded back with Mon. So he's coming over Mon evening. I bet he's wondering whether I am going away for my vacation after all and where.