The apartment painting is proceeding apace. They finished the kitchen and passageway in two days, and today they are starting the living room. The smell of paint hasn’t been too bad up to now, although the past couple of nights I have slept with the bedroom door closed, which I don’t usually do. But I think it’s about to get worse with the living room.

I usually work sitting on the couch in the living room, but today I moved my computer etc. into the bedroom and I’m sitting in a wee space in the middle of all this extra stuff! It’s a bit of a pain, but I just keep reminding myself how nice and bright it will be when it’s done.

My apartment is being painted, starting this morning. They have told my landlady it will take three weeks, and I will be fascinated to see how it can possibly take three painters (yes, three!) three weeks to paint a one-bedroom apartment!

She has offered me the use of an apartment owned by her father, starting next weekend, if I want it. I don’t really want to have my work disrupted, so I may not take her up on it. I’ll wait to see how bad the smell of paint is and then I’ll decide. The last week will be the bedroom, and that’s when I’m most likely to want to move out. But we’ll see.

I’m really happy it’s being done though. It wasn’t really in bad shape, but just a bit tired looking. This will spruce it up. I love my apartment!