4 days to go and keeping the faith

OK, things do not look good at this point, but we are really determined to make this happen. It has been such a long and arduous push that we both really hate the idea of missing our move in date. It is really keeping me going, the idea that we'll be living there soon. Anyone who has every crunched to make a deadline and then had the deadline pushed back again and had to crunch again knows what I am talking about. You can push yourself for a finite period of time, but to keep extending that period is really had to deal with.

So, today we were supposed to have termite tent put on. It is a large, circus like tent that covers the whole house and is sealed with gas inside to kill the termites. We're on a tight schedule as is (down to just hours of worktime left), so every minute counts. They were supposed to start between 2:30 and 4, and I got this time frame from the company yesterday. When we arrived at 2:00 to do final preparations and get a few things out of the house, they were done and long gone. I was really mad because there was a specific thing I needed to work out with C before the plumber shows up on Tuesday at noon, which is when we will be able to get back in the house. Now we won't be able to do that which fouls up the schedule. The general contractor also had to stop working two and a half hours early so now we are not ready for the plumber on Tuesday. We had to fight just to get the plumber there, and now I'm going to have to change it.

I was really mad and called the termite company. Someone there told the person I was talking to that she talked to me and told me of the schedule change. This is a total lie! She did not talk to me. I would have told her they couldn't start early. I was shocked she would lie and then insist on it while I'm on the phone. Some people! Anyway, even though our schedule is all fouled up now, they promised me a discount on the price to compensate for the inconvenience. Sometimes it pays to speak up. So, we got very little done today.

We are still planning on moving on Wednesday. We have movers lined up and C's family is coming to help us. So even though things look bleak, we still think we will make it.

Here is a shot of the garage under the termite tent.

Here is the back of the house and the side of the garage under the tent.