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m_d_hWe've got two weekends to prepare for the basement upgrade/fix, including this one. Yesterday we made our plan. This morning we did the most strenuous part of it. For T, that involved dismantling part of the long closet in the storage area, and bringing its contents and a bunch of other stuff to the edge of the crawl space.
For me, that involved "suiting up" for the crawl space and then moving all that stuff into it. I wore old sweatpants, t-shirt, shoes, work gloves, headlamp, and N95 mask. I was basically crawling around like a crab in dry dirt, sliding and lifting boxes of random stuff and T's camping equipment far enough so there was still room in the crawl space to move more stuff into it. The air was horribly dusty, and despite wearing the mask I've had nasal and asthma symptoms all day since. I became very sweaty and needed to take breaks, had to change my shirt a couple times. I'm mostly fine, although I mildly strained my left tricep while crawling around like a crab. I'm sure it will be fine in a few days, but no weight lifting in the meantime -- no need for weight lifting after a "workout" like today's.
We're not nearly done, next weekend will require a larger volume of work, but it will be a bit less strenuous for me. We'll be moving the rest of the stuff out of the storage area into the Media Cave -- the storage area is where all the work will be done -- digging up the concrete along the wall to install an active drainage system. There will be work done in the backyard also, we'll have to move stuff out of the way back there also.
Maybe we can do some of this work during the week, during lunch breaks. With the maids coming tomorrow, we didn't want to fill up the Media Cave with stuff today yet, we wanted them to be able to clean it -- it hasn't been cleaned in six weeks because of their Quarantine.
The vast majority of the stuff we moved today isn't mine -- T is way more of a pack rat than I am. I'd bet that 90% of the stuff we moved into the crawl space will never be touched again, except to move it back, and then to throw it away someday.
I'll be working from the condo tomorrow while the maids are here.
For me, that involved "suiting up" for the crawl space and then moving all that stuff into it. I wore old sweatpants, t-shirt, shoes, work gloves, headlamp, and N95 mask. I was basically crawling around like a crab in dry dirt, sliding and lifting boxes of random stuff and T's camping equipment far enough so there was still room in the crawl space to move more stuff into it. The air was horribly dusty, and despite wearing the mask I've had nasal and asthma symptoms all day since. I became very sweaty and needed to take breaks, had to change my shirt a couple times. I'm mostly fine, although I mildly strained my left tricep while crawling around like a crab. I'm sure it will be fine in a few days, but no weight lifting in the meantime -- no need for weight lifting after a "workout" like today's.
We're not nearly done, next weekend will require a larger volume of work, but it will be a bit less strenuous for me. We'll be moving the rest of the stuff out of the storage area into the Media Cave -- the storage area is where all the work will be done -- digging up the concrete along the wall to install an active drainage system. There will be work done in the backyard also, we'll have to move stuff out of the way back there also.
Maybe we can do some of this work during the week, during lunch breaks. With the maids coming tomorrow, we didn't want to fill up the Media Cave with stuff today yet, we wanted them to be able to clean it -- it hasn't been cleaned in six weeks because of their Quarantine.
The vast majority of the stuff we moved today isn't mine -- T is way more of a pack rat than I am. I'd bet that 90% of the stuff we moved into the crawl space will never be touched again, except to move it back, and then to throw it away someday.
I'll be working from the condo tomorrow while the maids are here.