Drywall continues

After work is officially a bust for house watching. Far too dark - right now, only the faintest light remains in the western sky when I get out of work. Karen has it a bit easier, as she is nearby the house when she picks up the kids from school.

I have been going at lunchtime, though, and though it is odd walking through with workers pounding about all over, it is not too bad - they get used to me and I let them get on with their work while trying to stay out of their way. When I went, the drywallers were still working on the second floor, but were nearly done. The carpenters were putting up the siding on the eastern side. Karen later called and said that the eastern side is nearly done, and that the drywallers were finishing up for the day. All good.

She spoke with Tom about the schedule. We are, apparently, about a week ahead of schedule. The siding will take up to a couple of weeks, but that's no big deal. It is almost icing on the cake. The drywallers will continue their work this week. They need to have the house above 65 or so degrees, so the furnace is actually set to run now, to keep all the Sheetrock at the right temperature. Once the drywall, taping, and mudding are all done, it will be time to move on to painters, then flooring.

We didn't bother going to the site after work. I have to buy a couple of big flashlights so we can go and see it in the dark. Even if we only use them a few times, they will be nice to have for later.

It is time for me to do a few things. First, I need to order our appliances. That will be a hefty chunk of change on the AmEx, but most of it will be reimbursed. Then I need to call the cable company and the phone company. They will likely come on site to see everything, but not hook anything up until later - but if I get them in on it now, they will be able to finish things faster later.