The start of the workday came early this morning and seemingly all at once 12 workers were on site. We had the foreman and his crew of drywall hangers, the drywall delivery guy, the brick masons, and the electrician all battling for space inside and outside the house. Cars in the front yard, trucks on the curb, cars in our driveway, cars in the neighbor's driveway, delivery trucks in the street, trash trucks unable to get in driveways, FedEx unable to get to the front door, electricians stuck in the mud (twice). What a glorious mess...until about 11:30. That's when everyone broke for lunch.
The brick masons came back from lunch and promptly called it quits for the day. The electricians came and went most of the day (when they weren't getting pulled out of the mud), then left about 2:30 with only half of the needed work completed. Drywallers can only get so far when there is still electrical work to do. On a day that started out with such promise, it fell flat on its face by mid-afternoon.
So, as 2009 came to a close so too did the work on our house. Under our original plan we should be one week from completion. We are, instead, at least five week away...probably longer. We might have a small crew here on New Year's Day, but later in the day after a long night's recovery, I'm sure...if it happens at all. No mention about weekend plans, but I am certainly expecting them. Here is to great progress and the successful end to this project in (early) 2010!
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