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Today, I unintentionally transformed myself into a living canvas.  No, I didn't suddenly decide to become a body paint artist. Instead, I found myself covered in white paint while attempting to give our bathroom a fresh look.

It all started when I discovered three cans of white base eggshell finish paint in the dungeon (a.k.a. the basement).  After an hour of convincing my wife that painting the bathroom white was a brilliant idea (because custom colors are out of the budget right now), I finally got the green light.  I mean, no self-respecting hardware store would mix your random paint cans for you, right?  That's like walking into KFC with a pack of drumsticks and asking them to fry them for you. Good analogy, huh? 😂

So, after a half-hour of manually stirring the paint, I masked the bathroom cabinets, mirror, and windows, took out the drop cloth, and started painting.  My wife exclaimed that I was doing a great job, and I muttered under my breath, "I'm glad you think so because I fcuking hate painting!"  You see, I've had my fair share of stints in new construction and remodels, and painting was always the task I tried to avoid the most.  I'd rather dig ditches for lawn sprinklers.

I took a break to step outside with Fred for a cigarette.  It's a dreary, cold, dark, and misty evening in Cedar Rapids.  I wished the weather would do something, like rain maybe.  Anyway, after the smoke, I started cutting in my paintbrush around the cabinets, trim, baseboards, and ceiling, and rolled the walls.  I was satisfied with the end result, but my wife was not.  I convinced her to buy wall decals and whatever pink frilly stuff she wanted to put up.  She's now happily going over bathroom decor stuff on Temu.

Aside from spending the day just painting that bathroom, I did take some time to put out more job applications.  I've got a promising lead with the City of Cedar Rapids.  Fingers crossed I get the job.

Anyway, my fellow misfits, I'm keeping this blog post short.  I'm grateful for having things to do whist I'm unemployed.  I'm done for tonight.  As always, please stay sober one more day, stay hopeful, and stay busy. Life's too short to be bored.  It really is.  If you're like me with a nervous disposition (anxiety), burn that shit out getting stuff done.  See y'all tomorrow, love Gabriel.