Stairs

It's a federal holiday.
That means everyone is off today but me and others in the construction industry.
But it also means we are dead in the office.
 
I find it amusing that when the world is off work they don't call us as much as when they are sitting in their office not working and they call us.
That just makes me giggle on the productivity of the American worker.
Also this was a long weekend for everyone. A great many people are traveling.
 
I had several cancellations for Saturday. A young woman called and said she and her husband had just realized they had Monday off so they wanted to go out of town for the weekend. No problem, we scheduled it on a day she will have to be in the office and take time off work. Which is what she didn't want to do to begin with and whined and begged for a Saturday.  Rick had 3 estimates on Saturday.  We do not normally work weekends but sometimes it is required. Since it was just estimates it was just drive time so I scheduled 3 of them for the morning. All 3 canceled because they realized it was a long weekend. So they will be seen over this and next week during work hours. So Rick ended up just having to work around the house.  I am not sure he found that much better.
 
Remember that walk in closet I wanted to purge?
Well we did and it still looks full - how sad is that?
A lot of it is Xmas stuff. I am thinking of giving it all away.
We just don't bother to do all that decorating because no one comes to our home for the holidays. I have put it all up and then the holiday is over and have to take it all down.
We spend holidays with family up north or we are here alone and I just don't care anymore for all the fuss. I know, I know, you all are cringing to think that my banister isn't decked in garland or a tree is not up or the wreath isn't on the door. The table scape is neutral and not in green and red festive toppers and table clothes. Nope, all done with it, but yet I am finding it so difficult to toss it all. Why is that? Especially the old antique bulbs from our mothers etc.
 
We found some fun things that we had forgotten about. Oh my gosh we found a plaque thanking us for being outstanding volunteers at the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival.
That began our reminiscing about that weekend. Then we found a box of VCR tapes.
We have not had a VCR in about 15 years. So now my work begins to have them made into DVDs. One had written on it, Seattle 1995.  Have no idea what is on that but can't wait to see it. We were living there at the time so maybe it's about our first few months there.
Also there was one marked Niagara camping 1987/1988.
There were a good many of these that I so want to see again.  That was a fun find. 
I see a trip to Costco to see how many I can afford to do at one time.
 
Then all these cassette tapes. What would I do with all these cassette tapes?
I have an old car that does have a tape player but I don't think I'd ever play them.
The majority of them are when I got divorced.
Splitting up our music and 400 albums was the hardest part of the divorce in regards to "stuff" We sat on the floor and said, "Mine, Yours," and when we both wanted something it went in a different pile. So many of the albums I wanted and lost the battle he made tapes of for me. HA. This was 1983. So I guess we thought that would last.
Anyone need a cassette tape of The Guess Who, George Thorogood? Allman Brothers? Yes if you rattle off the 70's and early 80's I have it in album or cassette form and listen to none of it now unless on my Pandora. Yet, It's hard for me to throw them in the garbage.
Then there are my albums. I have a turntable but....
Where is Marie Kondo and her cold heart to throw it all away for me.
 
Because this is all on the 3rd floor bringing it all down to the first floor to throw out was a fun time. We went up and down those steps so many times. With boxes, with big bulking things, with garbage bags we filled, with old luggage etc. The garbage is on the 1st floor so all had to go down with us.
 
When we were done with this chore we were now both on the 1st floor.
I was making myself a cup of coffee and I asked Rick if he needed/wanted anything.
He responded with a very adamant, "yes, I want to not go up the stairs for at least an hour. Can we work down here or how about we watch a movie? I can still sit and would enjoy doing so" 
 
Yes, I know he can still sit since that seems to be his favorite activity these days.
But I too could agree that not climbing the steps for the 200th time would be a nice activity.
So we watched a comedy special on Netflix. It was okay (tom papa) but we were not climbing stairs with boxes so it did what it needed to do.
 I know when all this purging is complete I will feel better. But in the meantime, these stairs have become my nemesis.  I deal with them pretty well, but I really don't like to have to deal with them.