The Decider, talking timing

So yesterday in addition to chatting with Jeremy and Randall regarding my home flooring project I also talked to my buddy at work, whom I know has a good sense of interior decor.  I described to him my two current options, tiling the entire main living space in tile or leaving the front dining room and office carpet.  I told him how I like the feel of carpet under my feet and since I spend so much time in the office I would really prefer carpet there.  I showed him my floor layout which I had with me.  I told him that I didn’t really care if the dining room was carpet or not.  He suggested I just tile everything but the office, end of problem.  Having the dining room changed to a hard surface makes more sense, I think the only reason I didn’t include it was I thought it would look imbalanced having that tiled while the office is not.  In retrospect I don’t think it is a big deal at all.

So I contacted my guy at Home Depot and asked him to have the estimate tweaked for the fourth time.  I told him I was sure he was sick of my requests by now.  He said absolutely not, it was his job and he wants us to be happy and comfortable with our decision.  That attitude (and my being able to knock $3500 off the estimate by doing stuff myself) is the reason I wanted to give him my business.

He reworked the numbers a final time and called me back.  I ok’d the deal and we got the ball rolling.  The process will not be quick, Anthony said 4-6 weeks until completion would be a normal range which was fine, I’m not in a rush.  The materials now get ordered.  Once they are all at the store I pick everything up and drop it in my garage.  Once that happens the installation is scheduled which leads to what hopefully will be a pretty dramatic transformation.  Cindy and I are excited for the change.

Last night I did a remote meeting / phone call with a guy that is a dealer for both Ipico, the timing system I use for the club and Lynx, the company that makes the camera based hardware that was used at the track meet I observed on Saturday.  He was giving me information and advice about the Lynx system and how it is used for both track meets and road races with it being integrated with the Ipico chip timing systems.  I also got some pricing on various aspects of the system as well.

The dollars are not cheap and could not be justified until GMT is producing more dollars.  The demand for track meet timing is quite high in our area so it definitely is something I could grow into, the question is if I want to dedicate the time to do so.

My Cowboy loving ex-classmate posted this Eagle fan reaction video to the LeSean McCoy trade.  It is quite funny and utilizes more insertions of the F word than I thought were possible in a four minute clip.