Shiny Floors - Day Four

One of the bonuses about being unemployed is that you actually can get to things that you have continually put on the back burner - such as cleaning/waxing wood floors.
I found the paste wax I needed at Home Depot about 2 weeks ago, and was waiting for a burst of energy to actually begin the project. Today was the day. Removed all the furniture, rolled the rug, and did a quick wet mop first - and looking into the rinse water of the mop, I confirmed my suspicions, the floor definitely needed to be cleaned and waxed. Sometimes the color of the wood can just hide the dirt, and you think all that all you have to do is a quick vacuuming, and call it a day, I think I have been doing that for about a year now, maybe more.
I wax the floor on my hands and knees, which now requires the additional use of an old throw pillow wrapped in a towel to soften the hardness of the floor against my knees, and I think to myself, now that I am down here, how in the hell am I going to get up. Even with the use of a cushion, half way through my knees are killing me so I proceed to finish waxing the floor by lying on my belly while pushing myself backwards down the hall and around the dining area - truthfully not a pretty sight, but in doing so I manage to get the wax on the floor. Now, how to get up? I roll onto the rug in my front room where I can grab onto a chair and with great effort haul myself up. I wait for the wax to harden per the directions on the can, and the rest of the procedure is fairly easy as I do have an electric buffer which requires little effort from me.
I already am feeling the achiness in muscles that have been accustomed to simply being used to sit, stand, walk to the parking lot. I can guarantee that tomorrow my glutimus maximus muscles, my shoulder muscles and anything in between will be wondering what the hell went on. Don't need my 30 minute walk today!

January 4, 2012:  I am happy that I will not have to wash and wax wood floors for another year!