IKEA-Fueled Insanity

I'm in a funk right now. Finally got some good post-gig rest, but I've been on my knees (with knee pads on) screwing together these IKEA cabinets for my kitchen the past two days. Yesterday I was also doing a lot of heavy lifting, getting the cabinet boxes up from the basement to assemble them in the living room. It's a pretty amazing system they have for snapping all these parts together, much like a kid's puzzle. Friday I kept saying "How did they think of that?"--the no-screw hinges that affix to the door with a compression spring really blew me away. The cabinet bodies are made of particle board and the doors are medium-density fiberboard, which is a lot heavier and (I hope) stronger. It all comes with a 10-year guarantee, and it was incredibly cheap, which is our budget these days. I guess I'm about halfway through with the assembly. I can't do the installation myself, as that's a two-person job.

My hands hurt, my knees hurt, my lower back hurts, and there are dishes piled high in the bathtub since we ripped out the kitchen sink. I have no idea what the ETA for installing the 15-years-overdue dishwasher is. Right now apparently watching the movie Shrek for the 7th time takes priority. Well, to be fair, he'll have to do a bit more plumbing too as the water pipes currently come up through the floor and would be better moved to come through the wall studs and then angle through the back of the cabinet, leaving space for a sliding trash bin or something. Oh, and he has to angle a vent out the wall, and install a T for the diswasher to drain into. I suppose it's all coming together, but I really don't want this to be like most of our home improvement projects that remain 80 percent complete indefinitely.

I stole one of Sebastian's toy tubs to use as a dishwashing bucket. I feel a bit overwhelmed. I also need to learn a new song for my church gig tonight, and I don't feel much like doing it. Perhaps if I take the dogs for a walk in the hills my outlook will improve, except it's blustery out...