This is the first real rain we’ve had in the past two months at least. It’s sprinkled it the last coupla days, but now it’s raining raining.

This rain gives me a soothing, calming feeling. I feel now, looking back, like I’ve been stressed and tense for months, and the rain is washing it all away.

Today’s a holiday here, because of a postponed voting day. The wife is off work, and this is her favorite sleeping weather. I’m glad for an opportunity to stay indoors and kinda do nothing.

Have a great day!

We flunked the electrical inspection. The breaker sub panel wasn’t on the plans. Originally, there was going to be a single breaker on the main panel for the whole project. The electrician thought it would be good to have a subpanel. And I agreed.

But since it wasn’t on the original drawings, there was a document to be submitted that wasn’t. (Boo on the electrician). Now I have to submit new electrical drawings thru planning.

Now, the architect is coming today, and if he is able to draw the drawings by the 20th, the last day before Christmas shutdown, they’d sit on somebodies (somebody’s?) desk at Planning till 2020. If Planning takes the expected minimum three weeks, we’re talking probably the last week in January.

So we’re all stopped, pretty much.

I’m disappointed.

No more work for me till 2020 (that rhymes) I turned my alarm clock off.

The downstairs construction is almost done. Electrical inspection later today, Cabinets are in, need the countertop. Water getting connected today. There’s a whole heap of lights, multi llight switches everywhere.

Pictures coming

The electrician had a helluva time getting power from the upstairs. He had to cut a hole in our upstairs ceiling and wall. Gotta get them fixed.

The brand new smoke detector battery is apparently low, making it chirp already. I think that generally speaking, anything that has a 9 volt battery sucks, there’s something wrong with 9 volt batteries.

I’m not complaining, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I’m glad it’s almost over.

The amount of lights in there is rediculous.

Have a great day!

It’s a nice morning, the almost-full moon is high in the sky providing nice light in what would be a still dark pre-sunrise morning;

All I need for the construction project is electricity, pretty much. Cabinets are going in today, there’s touch-ups needed around, but it’s pretty close to being done.

I’m still nervous and can’t wait till its done.

Today is my last workday till the year 2020. Vacation starts tomorrow! I got a ton of work to do today.

Have a good week!

For me, Friday the 13th’s have always been lucky days, instead of unlucky, as the myth says.

In the news, the BBC said this morning that Brexit will happen by the end of January, and Scotland might leave the UK, and re-join the EU. We have friends visiting from Scotland, we’ll see what they have to say today.

I’m not really too excited about this weekend, I can’t anticipate what’s going to go on, construction-wise. Not sure what role I’ll be playing, parts runner, stand around and looker, or absentee at the beach. Yesterday was productive, but not as much got done as I hoped.

Have a good weekend!

Today the plumber is coming, the electrician is coming, a carpenter is coming to do the baseboards and door frames. The AC company is coming to install the AC

Everything was waiting for the tile flooring to be finished. Well, finally it’s done. Still working on the bathroom wall tiles, but the floor is done.

I kinda complained, I messaged the owner that it seemed like the boss was doing everything himself, and only one job was happening at a time. I said I didn’t think we’d make it done before Christmas Break.

She re-re-reminded me we were waiting on the tile floor.

The plumber and electrician have to initiate their own inspections, then the contractor applies for certificate of occupancy.

Close, but oh so far.

Looks like it might rain today…

Normal routine. Get up. Shave, Walk dogs. Shower. Make lunch. Put on coffee and get dressed while it’s brewing.

This morning the coffee was weak. Very weak. Almost like water. It was water. I forgot to put the coffee in the brewer.

My wife has many types of teas, I selected “Breakfast In Paris”.

Hope it has caffeine. I stole one bag. Tastes like grass.

The tile is all laid, except a little spot in the bathroom, where the tiler says he has to wait for the plumber and the plumber says he has to wait for the tiler. Grout needs to go in between everything. And the back porch needs tile, about 10 square feet. My door is lost in Customs, still have the loaner.

And I’m leaving for work early, to buy stuff on the way there, and taking my lunch hour super duper pooper early, to bring the stuff back here.

Then I’ll be a prisoner at work, no breaaks till knockoff.

Almost done..

Happy Tiesday.

Yesterday I busted ass to get the list of materials for the builder. When I got home with my vanfull, there was one guy there, plastering the exterior. He helped me unload and once it was delivered, I thought the crew woulld show up and get lots done, but only one other guy showed up and I am disappointed at how little was done yesterday.

When I think they contractor is motivated and wants to complete the project, they slow the work down to a trickle. When I think that we’re never going to make it and start thinking the contractor’ss gonna pull out, disappear and not finish the job. They start working hard and fast.

Do they play mind games like this? Or is my perception false?

Oh well, today’s a new day, we’ll see how it goes!

This week, ending Friday the 13th, should be the week the apartment gets finished.. The crew spent all weekend tiling and mamaranding the exterior. The only readon they quit last night was that they needed more tile and VersaBond.

I’ll be taking my work lunch hour at about 8AM this morning to get the materials.

Pictures coming.

I read a great article HERE about The Parker Solar Probe, flying around the inner solar system, slingshotting off of planets gravity to get closer and closer to the sun. This news worth reading!

Yesterday I got a loaner door for the construction project because mine hasn’t been released from Customs yet. Apparently, Customs has a new policy to hold items till their warehouses are all backed up and people riot, and then release it all at once. I dunno, don’t quote me on that. Customs also has an underwater camera I ordered, which arrived yesterday, that under normal circumstances, I would have gotten yesterday afternoon. Overnight shipping to the island, then a new experimental (emphasis on mental) policy says it to sit at customs for three days (FedEx guy said 72 hours). Welcome to the Caribbean! Truthfully, I have no idea what I’m talking about, all I know is I can’t get my stuff.

I don’t have time to care, it’s FRIDAY!

The builders ought to start the tiling this weekend, perhaps today. My wife picked an intricate tiling pattern the builder says they don’t know how to do, so I paid an extra $500 for them to hire a tiling expert. I’m glad they admitted they didn’t know how to do it, instead of giving me a botch tile job.

Have a good weekend!