Carpet Part 2 -- Stumbling Through

The second half of the new carpet gets installed in the morning (Monday). The carpet installers only move and replace FURNITURE, they don't move the stuff people keep on their dresser tops and the stuff in their closets or anything else considered to be 'personal belongings'. Company policy does not allow them to handle these items. I understand the reasoning behind that. But -- I have not yet been able to put back all of the personal belongings that were removed from the rooms involved in Carpet Part 1 and I am starting to feel frustrated. First, life was very disrupted by not having a kitchen for the better part of a week so the tile could be installed on the floor. The carpet is proving the bigger challenge though, because it involves a lot more square footage and a much larger amount of belongings being disrupted and scattered about to free up the floor. I know valuable progress is being made, but it is proving to be a bit more difficult than I had anticipated. I have resorted to just shoving shit into the already re-carpeted area. It will take me several days to set things right after the carpet is finished. I can't help that. Though I would love to devote every minute and every shred of my fading energy and enthusiasm to this project, I still have to take care of the things that are required on a daily basis as well. There are not enough hands and not enough hours in a day. And people still need clean laundry, meals, help with homework... I still have to balance my books, pay the bills and eat, sleep and bathe. I don't know anymore when I might consider this 'finished', but it goddamn sure won't be when the carpet installers leave. This house reshuffling has really been going on since August 21 when I got rid of a huge and dysfunctional piece of furniture that had taken over the living room. That is six weeks ago by now and I want this to end. Six weeks of throwing shit away, cleaning up clutter, organizing things better than what they were, having folks in my house to re-do the floors and still striving to meet the demands of everyday life. I am growing weary. I guess my work now is to just put things back where they go and finish assembling the new rooms. I need to see the end in sight now. I just need that. I'm tired of feeling like I live in a construction zone.