1 day to go, and it's a go!

Well, it's official. We are moving tomorrow. It's going to be a long, wild day but tomorrow night we'll sleep in our own house. What is a little scary is that it will be such a long time before the place is really any semblance of done.

I started today by waiting for the termite people to certify the house for re-entry. They actually come and test that the gas has entirely dissipated. We passed with no problem. I think some of the gas settles on the surfaces because it had a strange, chemical smell that tasted of metallic to me.

After packing for a few hours, I went back to the house to wait for the gas company and to let the general contractor in. The gas has to be turned off for the termite tenting, and they were coming today to turn it back on. When I got there, the contractor volunteered to wait for the gas company since he had to be there anyway. What a break - I got to go home and work on packing. It's a funny thing about packing - I keep spending hours doing it and it seems I never make a dent. About 3:00, I got the strangest phone call from the contractor. The gas company had come out to turn the gas on and the meter was gone! I have no idea how that happened. We think maybe the guy who turned the gas off took it since it wasn't connected to the new gas piping we installed. Or, somebody came to read the meter and took it for the same reason. Either way, it was gone and the guy who came out today said it was no problem and hooked up a new meter. He also connected the gas piping to it, which the plumber said could not be done without jackhammering out the surrounding cement stair landing. Ha, looks like he was wrong or just wanted to use the jackhammer at my expense!

We got it changed and while the gas man was there the plumber showed up to go through (for the THIRD time what work we are having done tomorrow. Can't he take notes or something? It was a funny thing watching him work with the general contractor - the plumber creates problems and the GC solves them. I am really sick of this plumber and will never use him again. He mentioned multiple times "if I have to do work twice, it will be a charge." Does he think I'm stupid or that I can't hear him? I think he is still having sour grapes because I refused to pay him for fixing his own mistake before.

Anyway, now that the gas man did his thing, the gas system won't pass a pressure test (the piping must hold 15 pounds of pressure for 15 minutes when filled with air) which I still need done. I'm not sure why because the system was leak-free when he attached the meter (he tested it himself). I will try to get him back out tomorrow. The gas company is actually really good at service.

Another long day of packing. It is 12:30, and I am finally off to bed. I can't wait for tomorrow to be over! I had to change the posting time date to get this on the right date.