My painting project involved two parts - one around the window casing (which was the same color of the wall before), and one accent wall around the windows. After I finished the window casing part, the room looked MUCH brighter. I probably should have left it as it was! Too bad - I then put up the dark, bold color to make it an accent wall. Something was wrong with the paint mix and the roller was useless so I had to do it all by hand with a brush!! 2 hours on one wall! It looks . . . probably not great BUT! I would have always wondered what it would have looked like had I sold the house and not done this, so now it's out of my system.
I will probably get a quote to have someone "fix" it as the painting seemed to re-aggravate an old arm injury and I don't think I can manage a coat of primer and two more coats of a new color by myself. It's probably a little too out-there of a color for house-selling purposes. Oops
Yesterday I also finished a craft project for a gift and started another one (that will be a race to the finish to get done!). I've crafted some things before for gifts but I have never crocheted an entire blanket to give to someone. I had to get a new hook because I lost my old one but it's smaller so the project will now take longer. I'm looking forward to seeing it complete! While I was working on it I watched a few episodes of the show H and I had been watching. It's to the point now that I don't know how much longer I'll want to watch it. It's pretty intense and two of the main characters are now in the midst of D (awkward!).
Yesterday (very productive) I also cleaned the gutter by myself for the first time. This was probably not the smartest thing to do without someone around to make sure I didn't fall off of the roof and in the past I would have waited until H was back and then asked him to do it. But I just did it myself. It felt good.
I am having a few friends over this evening to check out my paint job, drink a big bottle of wine, and maybe watch a movie. It's the first time I've had anyone over here since BD. It always seemed like it would be too awkward to do with H around. He seems to be enjoying his weekend away with likely OW/EA based on a late night tweet. He did send a text yesterday about something that happened with one of my favorite sports teams and a ":(" to go with it. [Random aside- after BD, he asked me to not send him ":(" in texts because they made him sad. ???]
I also think I forgot to journal this - when we went to the concert a week and a half ago or so, he realized on the way there that he'd forgotten his earplugs. I happened to have a cheap pair in my back pocket from an event I'd gone to some time prior, so I gave them to him (I always keep my good ones in my purse just in case I end up at a concert). He kept saying with an astonished tone of voice - "That was really nice of you, thank you." I just shrugged - no big deal.
He's back at the end of the week this week. Then I'm going out of town in the middle of the following week for a bit, and when I get back he'll be out of town again.
My goals for this week include getting a doctor's appointment set up, getting my hair cut again (appointment already made!), and calling a realtor to see if I can get a sense of what we'd get for the house.
Today I'm going to get back to yoga for the first time in over 3 months. I used to go every weekend but got out of the habit as I started going to a different gym more. Time to re-center!
BUT! I would have always wondered what it would have looked like had I sold the house and not done this, so now it's out of my system. 
