Day 41-44

On Day 41 the retaining wall was poured and more framing was done. David also called to let us know the windows would be in next week, but that he forgot one of the bedroom windows had to be sized so fat people could escape in a fire (his words, not mine). He’s going to order the bigger window and send the other one back. The dimension on that thing is insane! It’s something like five feet by three feet. I’m sorry, but if you’re between three and five feet wide, good luck getting out of any window on the second story.

On Day 42 the concrete crew came back yet again (I’m so ready for them to be gone). They put stucco on the new retaining wall and cleaned up a bit. They’ll be back next week because they need to run new cable to replace the cable they cut.

David let us know that Junior Brown (the guy who raised the second story) is on vacation and won’t be able to get the metal beams and giant blocks out until he returns sometime next week. Yet another setback. Lazaro can’t do more framing until the beams are out, so he didn’t even show up on Day 42.

Due to this holdup Brad and I had to get everything out of the second story so Lazaro could work up there while he’s waiting for Junior Brown. It was somewhat of a nightmare since we had been told all along the garage bays would be completed and we could then use them as storage for our stuff on the second story. We now have piles of boxes in our dining room, a full bed in the bedroom (that the cats love), and a storage unit packed full.