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Good lord, this day. Half the time I can barely stand right now, and yet I had to be literally on the run from about 8:30 onward. My blood pressure is not doing so hot, either (or, rather, maybe too hot), given the butcher's bill for the plumbing/septic. You can't hear the sigh that just escaped, but believe me, it was epic.
So. A little over $15K yet to be paid to the plumbers, for everything. We knocked $2,500 off that today with a check, but the rest will have to be paid soon, too. So basically, we can pay them not-quite-all-of-it and be at a standstill (and still owe them some), or parcel this out over a longer term and get, you know, the rest of the work done so we can move in. So we're going with the latter approach. I'm hoping we can give them another $2 grand by this weekend/early next week, which will take care of one component of the overall bill, but that's not definite. On the plus side, they finished off the grading and fill where the land was so badly torn up, and you can see the results in the photos above and below. When I took the one above, it was storming, which is why it's so dark, but it gives you a wide-angle view of just how much work they did to flatten it out and distribute and grade the gravel. Here's a close-up of the new drain into the pond:
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There was more going on than just plumbing stuff today, though.
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Photo copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. |
Photo copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. |
And I am so fricking' beat, I can barely string together a coherent thought. you have no idea how long this post is taking me, because I keep screwing up my sentences. My body was not ready to have to do anything on command today, and it wasn't given a choice, so I'm wiped. I don't know how long this flare is going to last, so that may not change anytime soon, given our circumstances. So bear with me, because I'm going to be missing things right and left. For now, here are the links (and if anyone wants to know, Home Depot cards are far and away the most useful thing right now, although eventually the plumber's are going to demand their cash):
- Wings's site, for sales;
- Lowe's cards (the physical version) via our Amazon wishlist;
- Lowe's e-cards (delivered via e-mail) here; and
- Home Depot cards via the company site. The e-version using my e-mail address is great; I take the tablet to the store with me, and they scan it off the screen.
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