It's been a while since my last house decor update... because I had no update. Things literally hung like a hung screen, neither going forward nor back. My painter 'ghosted' me. I don't know how else to put it. Vanished after stalling me week on week. This being the very first step of the process, I couldn't move at all.

I was trying to figure out other things while playing the waiting game though... Like this cleaning person I found. It's a relief to have found this chap because cleaning is one of those things I like having done but find very hard to do :( This person offered to do the painting as well for cheap. When I said I had committed elsewhere, he said there aren't many people like me anymore, people who stick to their word. Sounded like a compliment and subtle manipulation rolled in one ;) So obviously I didn't pick him... hehe...

A whole lot of things quickly moved last week. I found a new painter, got the carpet thing fixed for right after that, and I am getting away to London in a few days while all this goes on! I didn't think of me being away as an option and that was partly why I was stressed about all this—noise, dust, people all over the place, etc. Looks like it's all turning out in the best way possible :)

I am excited to be heading to London. It's unbelievable I have stayed away not for months but years... when it's one of my favourite places to be! I am hoping to make this trip the start of many more...