Quick Update

It's now the new year. I'm copying files (via CD) from the desktop to the laptop so that I can get some work done today... the network doesn't work... the only two network jacks that connect to the modem/router are in the bedroom and the living room (not upstairs in the family room where I need it)... so I've got a call into Cain to fix that). The Cabinet Guys have come and gone (the sink fold out is in, but the glass is not [the knuckleheads brought the wrong size]... and will be back. Jose is cleaning up (back for one last day... making up for his absence Thursday... his last day here had been Sunday). The dumpster is gone. And the roofing guys are back... and it looks like they're shaping up to spray again. Whatever.

lord voldemort is supposed to be back today. Joy.

We were waterless on Sunday... the dark lord calling us back after noon to tell us that his plumbers would be by Monday to install the cleanout. "Beny" showed up Monday, checked things out, then asked where he could get day laborers... great. Three hours later the cleanout was installed and he had cleared a path through the blockage (which was between the under-the-house cleanout and the new front-of-the-house cleanout... under the driveway Beny thinks... he also says that he thinks it's not the last we've seen of it). But this is NOT what he relays to the dark lord, who arrived in the afternoon. He was not at all in "charm" mode, as Lisa wasn't there. He was in full prick mode, lording over this, implying that it was only his magnanimous nature that made the cleanout happen, that none of it was his responsibility, but that we should be grateful that he did these things.

Fuck him.

He also insulted Jason, who was there helping put together the bed. He said that "some neighbors" should keep quiet about things they know nothing about. Jason was incredibly restrained... as was I. Fucker's a prick. He's coming back today to "finish" things. Joy.

Also, on Sunday, the gutter guys came to estimate (to send stuff to the dark lord).

The file transfer ended... I'll get back to this when I can.

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Installation hell: so I take a break.

The cabinet guys are done... fully functional. But as we find out, not complete... to repair the back of one cabinet (nasty hole in the drywall, unpanelled over), and the need for felt paper under the cabinet (nasty draft).

The inspector has been by... guess we're done.

The dark lord called: he's not gracing us with his soul-sucking, chill-inducing presence today. Lisa talked to him about the spraying of the roof, noting that it's a windy day today... and since wind caused the problem in the first place-- well, you know. His response was something along the order of: "yeah, Frank said something about it being windy"... yeah, his care for workmanship is a shiny fucking example.

The power spray guys are coming later today for the porch and driveway.

Gutters won't happen today. They'll happen on Friday. When Lisa told him it was supposed to rain (from Thursday through next Tuesday), he said that it might not. Whatever.

he-who-must-not-be-named will be here Monday to give us a 1500 check... the 2500 for wood rail minus the final grand we owe him... Lisa didn't want to ask about the roof shingle non-replacement, so I'll ask about that then... and if he says that he never said he was going to replace the shingles I'm going to take his check and call the fucker a liar to his face.