The last week has been particularly stressful. Where we only had a small issue with moisture at the end of last year we now have a full blown leak in our living room. To make matters worse it has been raining a lot and it won’t stop for a while.
It’s gone, it’s done and over with. The LAN party that lasted almost an entire week has ended. Everyone is back home, the living room is back to normal and work starts tomorrow. Life can turn back to normal now.
I know it seems ridiculous to be having a computer party with friends for 6 days in a row but it’s good fun and for me personally a good relief for a lot of stress from all the hard work and problems I’ve encountered the last 2 months. I might not have slept a lot in this period, so I cannot say I am ‘rested’ but I am sure a lot more relaxed than before.
Starting tomorrow I can start planning ahead again, for the arrival of the kitchen, how to deal with the leakage and busted rain pipe (nice surprise I got today) and getting the computer room finished.
The last few weeks have been in the light of getting my home into liveable shape. Lots of removing wallpaper, filling holes, sanding walls, painting ceilings, putting up wallpaper and putting down floors. Some of it was done by suppliers, but the majority of the work was done by me, Megan, my mom and dad and various friends that helped to the extent of their capabilities.
This has been a stint of almost 2 months of almost non-stop work. To compensate this, we had planned a LAN party in the final week of my vacation, which has been going on for the last 5 days.
Today a mechanic came to check out the line for my DSL connection. Apparently XS4ALL had my DSL patched through on my second phone line. The second phone line was never properly set up; the mechanic told me the entire line was missing at the distribution point. After some rerouting the DSL line came up.
Unfortunately only 14mbps down and 1mbps up (not the 16mbps down and 2mbps up the subscription offers at maximum) but that might be limited by the quality of the phone line. I can only hope at some point they will upgrade so that higher speeds are attainable.
Anyway, I am no longer limited to my iPhone for internet. For that, I am very happy.
Last Friday we gave the old apartment back in good shape; a week ahead of schedule so that the new family could move in sooner. It was the last time I got to see the view from the 17th floor. It’s The thing I will miss most.
This year’s Christmas has been in the context of rest and recuperation. Christmas eve and day we spent watching movies and just spend time together not working. It might not sound like much of a Christmas but I was perfectly happy not having to do anything.
Next week it’ll be friends over: a house warming in the shape of a LAN-party. I will be looking forward to that. But first we need to get some stuff unpacked.
