I keep looking at our move-in checklist and the number of things I can do without a big learning curve is shrinking rapidly. The two projects at the house that I feel like are staring me in the face are the finish plumbing and the linoleum flooring. I’m intimidated by them and I don’t want to do either of them. I don’t know how to do them, and frankly, I don’t want to learn. I probably could do them, but I’m not sure how well I can do them or how long it will take me. Well, I’m sure it will take me a long time, but since my labor is free that isn’t really that much of a concern I guess.
If I don’t do these things, we’re looking at either subbing them out and putting my family in another couple thousand dollars worth of debt, or delaying our move-in that much longer until Matt can get to them. (And I’m not sure he wants to install the sheet linoleum either!) And since he already has a lot to do at the house and since his work schedule isn’t easing up at all I’m not sure when that will be.
So I’m torn. I want to live in my own house again (after all, it will be two years in July since we moved up here) but I don’t want to get our family in more debt and I just don’t want to to learn how to do these things. All in all, I am very tired of my part time construction job and I’d like to just be a mom again.
OK, I’m done whining. But still, how reasonable is it to spend a couple thousand dollars just because I don’t want to learn how to do it myself?