Both today and yesterday I have been so damn hungry. I have a couple of days a month like this around period time where I feel absolutely famished and I can’t get rid of it. I eat. I’m hungry. I eat some more. I’m still hungry. I do my best not to give in to the hunger unless it’s really, really bad. Just because I can’t deduct weight from this body doesn’t mean I can’t add it. Oh no, I can add it just fine. Fortunately, it’s Saturday, my day to eat whatever I want anyway. Chocolate-covered cherries are on the junk menu for today. 

Decided not to leave voice posts, after all, on LiveJournal. The idea of it just seems so weird. I guess I’m just used to journaling in print. 

We’re going to RC Willey later on today to hopefully pick out the exact color carpet I want which will hopefully be in stock. They’re coming to take measurements on Tuesday. I’m hoping that within just a few days they’ll be able to make the installation. Worst case scenario, they lay it next week. 

Later… 

Picked out Mohawk’s Vibrant History carpet, which is a national brand, according to the saleswoman at RC Willey. I chose the color Nomad, a sandy-like color with hints of tan in it. It will be light enough to really brighten the place up, but still dark enough to hide any coffee stains and things like that. The lady said it may appear a couple of tones lighter once it’s laid down. They have a special lightbox you can look at the samples in at the store. 

The carpet is kind of low-end but the memory foam padding we got is upper-end and should help the carpet last longer, especially since it’s just the two of us. She threw a sample on the floor with the carpet on top of it. Tom got to feel it barefoot since he wore sandals, but I didn’t feel like removing my socks and sneakers. I’ll feel it soon enough! Should be about a week. 

When I first entered the store I didn’t know where to begin. There were so many samples, brands, and types of textures. I just wanted to get something in our price range and that was in stock. It’s actually going to come to around $2424.24, which is about a grand less than we originally expected to spend. We estimate needing about 1000 square feet based on our preliminary measurements, even though the house totals 1345. 

I did look at a sample of bubble gum pink plus a more bold shade of pink that was almost mauve but felt they would clash with the pink in the hallway and look a little odd. This place is colorful enough. I even looked at some lavender shades. Going with a neutral color will enable me more freedom when it comes time to pick out the living room set. Now I don’t have to worry about colors/patterns clashing with it. 

I’m so excited! I’m also glad it’s not going to cost as much so we have more money for furniture. A dresser is number one on the furniture list, then the living room set, then new stools, and then a kitchen set. 

Amongst a handful of screaming brats, we looked at other things like outdoor bench swings for the patio and things like that. That’s not a high priority right now, though. 

It was a bit of an emotional moment as I never thought I’d ever get to pick out carpet for OUR home yet there I was. Yeah, God’s former “bums” are doing really well, aren’t they? We got the house, the car, the carpet, most of the walls done… now all we gotta do is the floors and finish furnishing it. 

Then hope we don’t lose it. We talked about that a bit. The saleslady was like “OMG, I thought I had it bad!” when I told her we lost our home a decade ago, turned around, and lost a parcel of land we were going to build on in another state just 4 months later, and then struggled like hell from 2007-2011. I still can’t believe Tom got a job when he did and such a good one too, because if he hadn’t and we hadn’t killed ourselves, the streets would’ve done it for us, especially for me. I couldn’t handle the streets any more than I could handle running a daycare by day and raising 6 kids by night.