More boring house stuff

Yes, I know the house progress posts are boring. I'll get back to exciting philosophical stuff soon. Oh, like, maybe in February. The contractor has started work. I don't have a delivery time for the door yet, but I assume (hope) that it'll happen today. The chimney sweep is scheduled to clean the flue. This may happen after the floor is laid, depends on what the flooring people get back to me with in the way of a date. I've gotten no nibbles on my attempt to give away the old couches so I've decided to hold onto them for the nonce (which means I don't have to shell out for a new couch within the next month -- which is nice -- although it means I have to set the couches out in the back yard while the flooring is being done -- which will involve large blue tarps). I got the official insurance contract application yesterday and will be sending it in with all the annotated corrections and additions after taking a couple more pictures of the stove pipe. (They are peculiarly fascinated with details of the wood stove installation -- which was a complicated questionaire to answer given that the wood stove is currently sitting in the back yard.)

( The current task schedule. )

It is a sign of my particular neurosis that I am already packed for my trip, despite not leaving until Saturday morning. Early Saturday morning. Very early Saturday morning. In fact, I may decide it isn't worth going to bed Friday night. So who am I going to be seeing at Darkovercon next week?