we have always lived in the castle

[the_siobhan]

Things are still pretty chaotic at the Gin Palace. Axel and I are both half unpacked, there is still unsorted clothes, furniture and boxes all over the top floor and I can pretty much guarantee that whatever I need right this minute is in the basement, which I can only access by going outside the house. Every single thing in the kitchen is covered in a thick layer of dust and there is a perpetual rain of dirt and sawdust into the basement making doing any kind of laundry pretty much a non-starter. There really doesn't seem to be any point in trying to do anything more than the minimum amount of cleaning until at least after the drywall is done.

I'd upload pictures but I have no idea where the computer cable for the camera is right now. Probably in a box.

Charlie & Brent lost a day of working on the floor because they had to build new supports for the staircase. I'm really glad now that we asked them to take a look inside that wall. Charlie has nothing nice to say about the wiring either.

I am awoken daily by the idyllic strains of wood saws and nail guns. They always throw down some planks for us when they leave for the day, but there were a couple of days last week when I worked from home and making lunch meant having to hop from beam to beam to get into the kitchen.

The furnace can't go on until the HVAC is installed. The upstairs is suprisingly warm. The rest of the house is freaking freezing.

We are so throwing a party when this is finally done.