Rolling Renovation: details mop up

Except I know for a fact it is NOT a details mop up, it is only the start of the cascade of smaller and more annoying projects that must be completed before the overall project can be called done. Anyways:

• washed and painted remaining sections of bathroom wall, 3 coats, plus touch ups (behind the sink and radiator, so not exactly crucial but a nice piece of finishing work)
• sanded and repainted a bunch of patches on the wall
• patched the MAJOR hole I made removing baseboards, added paint
• sanded and spray painted the heater cover - it will be WHITE, and also CLEAN for a hot minute (which is a good joke I did not even mean to make) once I figure out how to get it back on again

remaining next issues:

• baseboard acquisition and painting
• baseboard measuring and installation (Maybe I can glue it in, she thinks)
• attach radiator cover to baseboard and over radiator

I have to/get to choose the countertop color, and everything in me wants a Real Color, like Orange or Yellow or Deep Red, or Turquoise or even Wavy Purple, and all the ones I like best make Mr Crow cringe, which is his tough luck except he spends some time in there cleaning and putting things away. Someone said to think of the resale, and I kind of do, except I am not planning on selling this house ever (of course having said that we'll have to move in 8 months, so never say never I guess?) Also I have always assumed that people move into a house with a list of things to change, and whatever I install will not be to their hypothetical taste no matter what I do so i should damn well please myself.

If my gi dries in time, i will go to Karate.

I have been invited to take the test for green tip, and I am realizing I am not sure I want anything more to be asked of me. I am quite happy where I am, struggling along and working on fitness as much as forms, but i am also not sure I can/am allowed to decline taking a test, or if I can fail spectacularly in some fashion which seems... duplicitous, I guess.