Run, Lucy, Run

After!

October 17th, 2007

At last, the long awaited “after” pictures of our back room remodel.  I know you’ve all been sitting at home, biting your nails, waiting desperately for this post so let’s get to it.  First of all, a reminder of the “before” state of the room attached to the back of our garage:

So lovely!  Why on earth would you want to change anything, you may ask? Don’t you like moldy green carpet and wood paneling?

And now…..

…new wood floors, trim and ceiling! 

Lucy outside the new sliding door

 Closeup of the new cedar ceiling and recessed lighting 

 

Now we just need to figure out what to put in there.  Most likely we will move the piano and a guest bed in there and make it a studio/rehearsal space/guest room.  We will definitely need a good thick rug because with all that wood in there, it is unbelievably live right now.  Now that this is finished, we move on to the kitchen remodel.  We met with our designer last night and started working on the plans-I can’t believe things are finally moving forward!  I probably won’t be nearly as excited once they’ve started ripping holes in all our walls.

 

The Mud Run is this weekend and I can’t say I’m too excited about it.  I kind of wish I could skip it but since I’m part of a team, I guess I have to show up.  I would feel better if it wasn’t over two hours away and they are suggesting that we get there at least 90 minutes before race time to be shuttled to the course.  Doesn’t really sound like how I want to spend my Saturday morning, particularly since I have a duo concert on Sunday night.  Here’s hoping I don’t break any bones at that race!

 

It is possible, however, that the real reason I am down on this mud run is that we are going down the night before to avoid having to leave our house at an obscene hour on Saturday, menaing that I will be spending my first night away from Ashok…ever.  Even though he has been sleeping really terribly these last few weeks and I will probably sleep better in a hotel, and even though, yes, he is over a year old now and can certainly manage without me for a night, I will still be sad and worried and fretful.

 

Once the Mud Run is over, I have set myself up for a few new races in November and December and finally updated the Races section over to the right.  I’m looking forward to all of these, especially since work (which has been absolutely insane sine the beginning of September) will have finally mellowed out.  After November 5th, which will be my first performance ever of Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, the big-ass cloud that has been looming over me for the last month will finally be gone.  And then I’ll be free! free! free!  A little work here and there but no big chamber music programs until January.  That means lots of time with baby, TV and me.  I can’t wait.

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