Sweaty Walls - 2006-07-29 11:26
We are in the midst of rearranging our lives for a new addition to our family. Casey is losing her office (I am too I suppose) and combining with mine so that the baby (codename: Baby Zollie) can have his own place. I’m not sure if that is starting a good precedent. I have a feeling I’ll be giving up a lot of things that I would normally do for this little diaper machine.
To make it feel a bit more like a nursery, we (and when I say we, I mean I) are painting it. Now as you may know, paint fumes aren’t the best to be sniffing (did you eat paint chips as a kid?) so I opened the windows in that room, shut off the aye-cee and started painting. I’ve painted a few walls in my day, so I know what I’m doing. One thing I didn’t know… If you paint in a room that is 90+ degrees with no circulation and 1000% humidity (thanks, Virginia) things may go wrong. I had finished rolling all four walls and had to go back to touch a few places up. I noticed that I wasn’t the only one sweating. A few places on the walls were dripping (I’m assuming from how hot and humid it was) and it was getting worse. I immediately shut the windows, cranked the aforementioned aye-cee and put a fan in to get the air moving.
Now painting isn’t my favorite activity, but when you get finished and everything looks bad, it is quite frustrating. Not ordering off a menu in another country where you don’t speak the language and there are no pictures and the waiter doesn’t speak English frustrating, but getting close. This morning it doesn’t look that bad, but it isn’t perfect, which is what I always aim for (although I wouldn’t call myself a perfectionist).
Moral of the story: If you are sweating while painting inside, make sure your paint isn’t.
It looks GREAT!! Baby Zollie’s going to LOVE it.
Love, Mom