Weight: A Rare Friends-Only Entry(tm)

I’ve been feeling terribly stressed lately…

• While the contractor originally estimated “a week, maybe a week and a day”, the day they arrived to start the work they revised their estimate to 1.5 to 2 weeks. It’s now two and a half weeks, they haven’t worked in the past three days, and there is still no subflooring, floor or shower tile, radiator, or sink installed. On top of that, they caused some damage to the people below us and while they said they’d take care of it, the girl who lives below us said she isn’t getting called back and has called me a few times trying to figure out wtf is going on.
• Aside from the direct annoyance of the renovations, there is the secondary problems it causes. The apartment is a sty, both because of the boxes of tile and other stuff lying around and because of the thick layer of dust covering everything. While they are done with all the plastering and wallboard, there is still tile to be cut, etc. So while I’ve swept up the floor a few times, everything still has a hefty coating of dust on it and is pretty gross to be around. We’ve been limiting our exposure to the apartment as much as we can, but it’s still annoying. On top of that, because there is no tile in the shower stall, I have been showering at work, which sucks big time.
• Work has been rather frustrating lately… We have a big design review coming up and everyone is scrambling to get ready for it. I have been struggling to get two documents I’ve written (Requiremens and Interface Description) “released”, but the process here is overbearing and broken. I have spent a good chunk of the past month trying to shepherd them through, but they still don’t have all the signatures they need. Beyond that frustration, I am terminally bored here at work, and every day is a total chore. I’m restarting my job search after a few months off, but I still intend to be rather picky, so I’m not holding my breath.
• All of the recent renovations, etc. have been to make the place more attractive for sale in the long term (as well as more livable in the short term). I’ve been doing my best to save up money for a down payment as well as the necessary fees, etc. but that’s been going slower than planned. In the middle of the year I had a ton of fairly large expenses, some planned but many unplanned which effected my savings. Back on track now, but it’s still stressful never having much cash in your checking account.
• We started this project to install bifold doors on our heretofore doorless hall closet. When we bought the doors we knew there would be a few inches of space to the sides of them, and we bought some wood to use to fill that space. Unfortunately, this space is VERY irregular, and the whole thing is kind of a hassle. I tried planing the “filler wood” and kinda “encouraged” it to fit on one side, but it looks completely cockeyed. We’ve been talking about giving up on these doors, buying the “next width up” and using a reciprocating saw to increase the opening. I’m concerned about straight lines, etc, but I think this might be a reasonable solution. Suggestions welcome (remember we have limited tools and nowhere to cut/prep other than our kitchen).
• is similarly stressed, so while I can count the number of fights we had in the 3 years leading up to the renovations on one hand, recently we’ve been short-fused at each other. This was to be expected, especially with my bad temper, but it still sucks.