I arrived at the job site at 7:20 this morning after picking up joist hangers at the lumberyard and the framers were already there unloading their tools. The generators needed more gas so I went for some. After about three hours Jorge’s crew finished their house. Most of those guys went next door to help Cruz’s crew. At lunch time I went to the cottage to relax and little, and dropped by next door to see Debbie. Since things seemed to be going well this afternoon I did some driving around just to clear my head a bit. Back at the site I tried to clean up the scrap wood a bit. The framers left about 6:30 and I drove down to the Manchester Home Depot to get OSB clips. After stopping at Piggly Wiggly I returned to the cottage to shower, eat, and relax. I will try to get to bed early since the framers said they are coming around seven.

I slept well again last night and woke up early, but pretty refreshed, this morning. I set everything up at the job site, and then the framers got to work. There were several trips to the lumberyard but things mostly went well. Dillon came to help move the OSB and pick up a couple of logs. After leaving the job site at about 7:40 I went to the opening of the new Food City in Cowan. It was a pretty nice store, but packed. In a couple of minutes I will call Liz then go to sleep.

I slept surprisingly well last night and woke up fairly alert. A few minutes after six my dad and I drove to the job site and started setting things up. We unloaded the generators and a few smaller materials. At seven I went to the lumberyard and told them that we needed the wood for both houses. One package was already on the trucks and so I followed them back to the site. They unloaded everything and then I was on the lookout for the framers. I was expecting them any time after eight, although 8:30 was more realistic. I was nervous about the second load of lumber coming and I went and got the green plate myself. There were a few bouts of sprinkles but the heavy rain wasn’t due until the afternoon. About 9:30 I started to think that the framers might not be coming, and I was okay with that. By 11 I was pretty sure that they weren’t, and was actually happy about it. But I tried not to get too excited out of fear they might show up. I did load up the generators and loose materials though, and went to the cottage for a quick lunch. I returned to the job site and waited for the rest of the lumber to arrive. It did, and the rain came as well. Unloading was a bit tricky, but it got done. I chained the entrances to both lots and also put logs in the way. Hopefully there will be no 2×4 relays tonight. Back at the cottage I have pretty much just been relaxing all evening. I will try to go to bed early again tonight.