Relative Something

After days of forward momentum, I am sensing a faltering. The home projects are now whittled down to a level that realistically fits in the realm of “do it yourself.” I am not feeling very inspired to do these next tasks myself, yet it doesn’t feel right to enlist someone else to do the work. Who would I hire? A painter? Well, there is a bit more than just painting that needs doing. I think I will pause for a bit and contemplate the next phase of our home maintenance.

Maybe, once the snow piles up on my roof, I will be so inspired by not needing to climb up there and shovel it off that I will feel emboldened to tackle the final finishing touches, to patch and repair all the scars, stains, and cracks of age on the walls and ceilings of our house in time to put it on the market in spring. Then all I will need to struggle with is, how I will bring myself to part with it.