In my face

OMG...we've gotten HGTV for the month my m-i-l is out, and Debbie Travis' Facelift is on. They're planning to re-do "one of the ugliest kitchens (she's) ever seen". And wouldn't ya know it...they have the exact same cupboards we do!!!!! Aaaaaackkkk!!! Nothing like rubbing it in!!!

I'm too I-don't-know-what-exactly to admit this IRL, but to put it lightly I'm having second thoughts about what we did to our cupboards. Turns out they needed FOUR coats of that freaking burgundy melamine, and still I think I can tell where the thicker strokes were made in the first coat. Those cupboards sat all over the floor for what felt like a week, while we got to re-enact that first scene of Raiders Of The Lost Ark every time we needed to walk through it. I'm positive more than one of them was stepped on by Antonio. I may have given them a 5th coat were I not so rushed to get my floor back. Despite tape, the wall still was such a mess after painting the underside of the cupboards that I needed to go along the whole thing with white paint again. And now that they're done...I can't help thinking we've gone in the wrong direction. Most people when re-painting old 70's cupboards go from a dark colour to a light colour...we've gone the opposite way. I want to say I'm OK with them, but in my mind I wonder if I'm forcing myself to like them because of the ordeal it was to get them painted. Maybe these plain cupboards just don't work in any colour. Oh well...Don says he likes them. That's a start.

Moving on to something more POSITIVE...I am finally quitting my job!!!!! I got an overnight rotation with the new place, so finally I have the stability I need to leave my old job. It's really the best thing for my sanity...and will leave my days open to pick up more shifts on call at the new place. Know what's crazy...instead of 5 days a week 4 hours a day, it's 2 overnights and an evening shift every second weekend...and my paycheque will be almost the same. Right now I'm still sticking it out in a very tense environment in my old job while she knows I'm leaving but I still have to work there, so I haven't really grasped the excitement of it all yet...but February is a short month. I'm looking forward to a life filled with less panic.