Flooring & Home Depot (Carries take)

The roller coaster ride…

Work on the van had been going slowly but smoothly.   Then we tackled the floor!  This is the moment I realized we don’t actually know what we are doing.

It started with a trip to Home Depot on Saturday.   First, it must be said that Home Depot is not a lumber store; it is a big box store.  Pro:  They have everything.  Con: Employees are young and know nothing about their products or life in general.   The frustration occurred when we thought Home Depot was a lumber store.  Silly us!

Then came the floor.   As soon as we placed the underlayment, I knew we had made some not-so-great choices.   Plywood should have been thicker; it should have been laid width ways, should have been cut straight (not sure what happened here).  Frustrations were starting to creep up again.  We calmed down, because it will all be covered with vinyl flooring and no one will know.

Vinyl flooring comes next.  We had some hiccups, but once we found a rhythm it went pretty fast.  I placed the vinyl down, took measurements for the next piece, and yelled out random numbers. Tim cut the pieces; I placed them and repeat.  The plywood had discouraged us, but we pulled it together to finish the vinyl flooring around midnight.   It looked beautiful through red eyes from tears of frustration and exhaustion.  We went to bed pleased after a rough day.

Sunday morning we went out to admire our work.   Tim walked to the far side of the van and got real quiet.  Cue Carrie’s anxiety.  There was a massive puddle (aka lake) under the van.   At this point, I am ready to call it quits on the whole thing.  We are clearly clueless and shouldn’t be doing this!  Tim talks me off the ledge, the leak gets fixed, my brother comes to help with the ceiling, and before I know it I am excited about the van again.

#Vanlife is an emotional roller coaster!

~Carrie