Renovation: population me.

So the house closed, and we are moved in. I traded my old gig for a new one that pays half again as much. I have very consistent work hours now even though they are 9 to 6, I get home right around 7 every night. Unfortunately those nights have been taken over by the renovation of the house. I painted and laid flooring in the three bedrooms. Then I painted our mud room. I am now working on the entry/foyer. The room has lower paneling and had wallpaper on the top half of the room. Kathy and I stripped the wallpaper to find what I can only describe as a travesty of wall preparation. The room had a layer of latex which had been haphazardly slapped on, not covering the entirety of the wall surface, right over the paper covering of the gypsum board. Taking off the wallpaper meant taking off the paper in several spots. We ended up with the realization that we need to skim-coat the entry. First, though, we would have to remove all of the wallpaper glue. This meant soaking down the wall and scraping the glue off with a spackling knife. I count it as one of the worst jobs I have ever had the misfortune of having to do. The more depressing part is that I had to do it all over again in the dining room. With the entry now coated and needing only to be sanded before painting and with only 6 feet left to wash and scrape in the dining room, I am confident we will have both rooms ready within the week. This is especially important because we have visitors arriving on Wednesday my sister is visiting