Sunday morning I hacked a few more bits off the house before going off to practice with the band. When I got back I was physically and emotionally exhausted so I just moped all night, which was a bit rubbish.

Today I was grumpy all day, especially when, at 12:55, having decided to treat myself to a proper lunch, it was announced that the 2pm meeting had been moved to 1pm, so I had to sit through an hour of interesting financial forecasting with a rumbling stomach, then missed the lunchtime buffet slot when I finally did get out to lunch.

But there’s nothing like a stinky day at work to make me determined to do something for myself when I get home. So I went straight upstairs, tore out the very last of wall 2, cut the sole and head plates, marked where the new door is going to be, drilled holes for the electrics, and phoned for a pizza.

Before charging ahead and nailing down the new sole plate, I checked out the bathroom floor. The area under the bath is absolutely knackered, so it’s going to want cutting out and replacing. So I made a cut through the chipboard alongside where the new wall is going to go, having remembered what a pain it is trying to cut the floor flush to a wall using the circular saw.

When the pizza arrived, I was sweating like a bastard and removing my gloves as I answered the door. “Having fun?” asked the delivery guy. It turned out he was a tiler whose business had all dried up in december, and he was sure he could save me lots of expensive mistakes if I stopped everything now and gave him a call. I might just give him a call but I won’t be stopping anything after taking this long getting started!

Noisy work stops at 9:30 so after a sweep up, a bath, and a blog, it’s time for measuring and planning and choosing of colours. I’ve just offered the shower rail up to the wall and it’s going to look fantastic!