I survived another week. That shouldn’t be a premature conclusion, since it is friday and I made it to work. I count attendance as survival. Nothing like a nutritious breakfast of vending machine pop-tarts and coffee to start the day off right. Much data crunching to be done, and not so much noise since everyone with vacation is taking today and/or tuesday as fun time. I will be working from home this afternoon (catching up on mandatory training certifications and unpacking). Which doesn’t really count as vacation, but monday is definitely a holiday. They’re predicting 68 degrees and a chance of rain. Any suggestions for what hapless meat product I should grill? I’ve still got plenty of propane, but haven’t broken out the grill since I moved. The only tricky part will be getting out of the back door without letting the cat out. There’s currently no door knob on the inside, and I had to amputate the spring thing that automatically closes the storm door. It’s a fenced backyard though, maybe I will just take my chances and hope she doesn’t get far. Perhaps I will do steaks. That would be tasty.
Fingers crossed that the tile shipment comes in and the tile guy actually shows up and finishes the tile layout and grouts. I don’t particularly want to have it in process until wednesday, but the electrician won’t finish the lighting until June 2, so it’s not exactly critical path.
My latest online window shopping foray yielded the following flooring product for the kitchen. If you feel like donating, I may start a charity fund. I really like the idea of a smooth, vacuumable kitchen floor, so I’m voting for Forbo Marmoleum ( http://www.themarmoleumstore.com/default.aspx?menuid=898 ) in the color “Fairy Blue” 
I’ll go check out the samples from the interior design store and take some pictures of it next to the cabinets, but it manages to complement the “sandalwood” finish on those without making it look orange. It wouldn’t be a bad match with the blue stripe in the tile, either. The only problem is that unlike vinyl, I definitely couldn’t install it myself. Putting pieces together requires some sort of professional high temperature welding to attach the seams. And installation=$$. So for now I will stick with the white/marbly vinyl floor that has seen better days and doesn’t line up with my new cabinets. Back to the number crunching and e-mailing and meetings for now. Happy Friday!
