Raindrops keep falling on my head

For the last several months - what with all the dampness and rain and wind and never ceasing moisture, it's gotten a little sieve-like Chez Juno.  There's water damage  here.....there......over on that wall....in that room.......nothing unrepairable, but nothing one can over look either.

There's a life lesson - as a homeowner what can you never ignore?  A: Water.  Unless you have a fondness for things falling down.  Existentially this might be fabulous, but I assure you, you will not enjoy it as a resident of the structure. 

Anyway, there's a crew of guys bashing away on the roof - they are going to take it down to timber and give me a new one, new and improved and waterproof even.  I love them.  At least for now.

So, I'm doing no earthy good being here, right?  And yet, I can't bring myself to go to the office.  They're ripping the scalp off my beloved house.  I need to be here to hold her hand.   

We're very close.

Comments

[Heidi]

Oooh! Good luck with that. I always 'need' to be there when there are workfolk there, too. And by the way, PLEASE SEND YOUR RAIN TO SAN DIEGO!

[Jean S]

Oh, and after they're done, and they've "picked up all the nails"--well, no, they haven't, even if they really tried. There will be nails. Many nails. Get yourself a big paper bag and prepare to go back and forth around the perimeter of your house....

[Rosemary]

Of course you need to stay home and knit and spin and supervise the workers. Glad to hear that it's finally happening; hope they don't find anything horrid under the shingles.

[D'marie]

love the blog, are you still not smoking? i completely understand the killing yourself slowly thing, still haven't completely made the actions match the knowledge myself...good luck to you though

[lanea]

Oh, good luck. It will be so great once it's done!

[Paula]

Well of course you should stay. And you never know, one of them could be tall, smart, funny, unattached, and not crazy.

[Lisak]

I would bet you'll be able to leave her at least for a short while when they start hammering the roof back on. It grates on the nerves, no matter how soothing the knitting. The new roof will be so nice though!

[Melanie]

I'm just crossing my fingers that what happened to us doesn't happen to you--namely, once the roofers had stripped off the current shingles etc. but before they could put on the new ones a massively torrential rainfall happened. Do you remember how rainy it was two years ago? Biblical-type rainfalls? Although they'd put tarps over the roof, the rain still found a way in in a couple of places.

Being a home owner just inures you to waving as the money flies past.

[Laurie]

Invaders, if you ask me. I hate the noise. I hate the disruption. I see the necessity. I wince at the cost. We hates this.

[carol]

Ho, guess what? Over on the other side of the Atlantic, another hapless blogger is about to have her own roof torn off - the scaffolding went up today. I'll keep my fingers crossed for us both!

[Imbrium]

Ah, well I remember waking up one night to find it raining IN my bathroom. There's nothing like rushing around in the middle of the night with buckets and pots and pans, trying to minimize the damage and praying that the ceiling doesn't collapse. At least it was in an apartment, and the landlord's problem.

[Elizabeth]

Hey, what if any number of awful things happened (I won't enumerate, I'm sure you've thought of them)? What if the guys ripped the top off and just left her there? (Ok, so there's one anyway). Yeah, you gotta be there. Get some knitting or spinning or something done while you watch? Can you take your lawn chair out and admire bodies from a distance?

[Beth S.]

Having replaced our ancient heating system this spring, and survived my first flooded basement (unconnected issues, thankfully) I can honestly say that I share your pain. Ugh.