Day 21!!!

THREE WEEKS!

It's hard to believe that it has only been 3 weeks since we ripped off our roof. Honestly, it feels like it's been 2 1/2 months and that I've lost about 6 months of my life. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But it definitely feels like the summer is FLYING BY!

We wrapped up framing today -- yea! Which means that if my electrical and roofing subs show up tomorrow and finish their stuff, I can theoretically be drywalling this weekend. CRAZY! I HAD to go into work today to catch up on some critical paperwork that had lapsed. But Jeff and Nate -- the loyal and hardworking friends that they are -- stayed on the home front and framed most of the remaining back-out walls and blocking necessary to wrap up the framing and return the nailing gun to my neighbor (Thanks Jose!) I made it home around 3:30pm with fresh lumber and the drive to wrap up the loose ends. We unplugged Jose's nail gun around 6:30pm - a very joyous and monumental feat. Sad, ain't it.

I didn't have a chance to snatch any completion photos tonight as we were pleasantly treated to dinner (in our own home) by our good friends Paul and Sarah. They were great company for the evening and gave us a chance to just sit and talk, fellowship, and revel in our accomplishment.

Friday is a big day: 5 inspections. I'm planning on passing at least 3 of them, maybe 4, hopefully 5 (at least a partial on the 5th?!!) Wish us luck!

Our house is completely filled with dust -- and just going to get worse after drywall mudding and sanding begins. All of us have tremendous allergies/sinus infections from the particles in the air. Does anyone know the exact composition of 50-year old insulation? It looks like a mixture of ground up newspaper + belly button lint + 50-year old compost. This crap is EVERYWHERE! We clean and clean and clean, but it keeps on showing up! Well, at least it's not asbestos!

It's tough....but we're almost there!

Good night...very tired.