Are You Keeping Score?

The battle to paint the downstairs rages on! 

And you're just dying to know who's winning, aren't you?

Come along with me, and bring a scorepad.

 Young men I paid to do the job in January: 2.

Number of colors we're working with: 5.

Magnetic door primer, coat number 472.

 Tape up the room again to start over, incident 38.

Drips on my brand new floors in spite of drop cloths: 13,694.

 Tight spaces worked with despite the fact that furniture moves: 42.

 Feline Overlords who succumbed to paint fumes: 1.

 Feline Overlords found to be faking it to get attention: 1.

 Vintage molding scraped and sanded to salvage it (in feet): 8.

Vintage molding scraped and sanded to salvage it (in feet, perceived): 5280.

 Lizards harmed: 0.

 Harassed: 1.

 Pursued: 1.

Husbands displaced to an outdoor patio with laptop: 1.

Feline Overlords joining him: 1.

Weeds pulled while out there, 0.

Redheaded homeowner: nothin'.