No TV for 8 hours...twice!

It is just about 11p.

Throughout the day, I imagined posting about the DIY table I just made. Except... it's not made yet. Well, no I take it back. It's totally made with screws poking out. I'm going to keep it like that and see how I feel. I'll either try to take the screws out and redrill some of the holes or bend the screws by hammering them so they're not poking out. I give myself a solid 80% on the table.

I'll show pictures when I'm not so tired, but I followed the instructions in this YouTube video.

I bought a $20 cordless drill from Walmart and it got in about 2 of the 12 screws completely. The rest are in different states of entry. And this is after trying to pre-drill holes. I couldn't even really get the holes drilled, so I just wanted to be done and did a shoddy job just to have something to "turn-in. I wanted to finish the coffee table TODAY!

Well in the end, the stain I got was too dark so I only stained a test spot. The stain they had in the video was not at Walmart, and for who knows why... I failed to check at Lowe's and Home Depot! And I went to both. I didn't write it on my list, so out of sight, out of mind.

That's annoying because I could've easily returned the stain had I not tried to use it.

The project was functional in several ways. First, I purposed to create something!! And I did. Second, I was out of the house from around 8a this morning until 8p. It took me until about 3 or 4p to get all the materials. If I do this again (which I really want to), Build Day will not be the same as Get Materials Day.

It took so long to get everything because I didn't know where to look or they didn't have exactly what I was looking for (e.g. the stain); Lowe's wouldn't cut 4x4s; long lines; the heat; changing the dimensions.

Anyways, your girl made a table!!

I either need a nail gun or a better drill. I'm not sure I understand the significance of using nails vs screws.

Yesterday...I'm not even sure what I did yesterday, but I was out of the house at least 8 hours as well. Running errands. If I recall correctly, the 2 things I wanted to get done was - mail back the notarized I9 form and get my hair done. Both tasks were accomplished!!  Not without some snafoos, but I'm not focusing on that right now.

The latest thing that actually was the catalyst of signing onto post is family noise.
One of my aunts is asking if filed my loved one's taxes and if loved one received a stimulus check. The curious part is the subject line of the email is something like "Urgent" or "Important"...and she says she wants to close the loop on this. What loop?

I'm like what are you going to do if she did get a stimulus check? Aren't we supposed to return it to the IRS and write deceased on it? And what are you going to do if I haven't filed her taxes? Do them or just tell me to do it?   Where were you when I was pleading for help handling her affairs when she was alive?

I'm trying to not take this as some sort of ridiculous jab. Maybe it's a friendly reminder of things she thought of that I need to do? I guess I'm not sure what the point of the email is.

Possible responses: Thank you for the follow-up. Stay blessed! or All is well.

Can you believe New Job starts tomorrow? Have my first meeting at 9a. I don't think it'll actually happen but I don't know yet when to start telling people they're wrong.