Houston...we have DUST!!  We broke ground today and after 9 hours the 4 guys working their tails off finally got all the tile broken up, hauled out, and the slab sanded and smoothed!  We had all the windows in the house open and the AC off, for obvious reasons, but even with all that the layers and layers of dust was so thick I don't know how those guys breathe!  Lara and I were holed up working in the bedroom where the living furniture also is temporarily and I have to say that by hour 7 I was ready to break free...

Check out the floors after they did some "breaking":

Here is a picture after everything was hauled away and sanded...well a shot from the hallway anyway :)

Tomorrow they start back at 9am and will lay the new travertine tile and then grout it Wed.  I'm hoping the carpet comes in Thursday so we can get all of it done by the end of the week!  I will be so relieved when all this is done! 

I feel like I have gained weight in the last 2 weeks.  I haven't done anything in the last 2 weeks...no running..no elliptical..no weights..nada...just work, pack, haul to storage, clean, cook, pack...I hate that I haven't made time for exercise because I feel like I have gained weight.  It is so depressing...I hate being this heavy and it just feels like no matter how hard I try to lose weight, I just can't ever seem to make significant strides.  It all starts out great and then my body just decides to "stop" and so I work harder at it..and see no progress...and then give up. 

Tomorrow, I am going to really start eating very clean.  Something has to give...I am also going to try like hell to start running again.  I feel pulled in so many directions...my "spare" time goes either to schoolwork, which I am greatly behind in, getting the house ready to list on the market, exercising, etc...just not enough spare time with the work schedule I have been keeping...I would like to think things will slow down...but life doesn't seem to work that way by nature.

Tomorrow is a new day to start again I guess...

Cheers,
M E