I slept well again last night and woke up early, but pretty refreshed, this morning. I set everything up at the job site, and then the framers got to work. There were several trips to the lumberyard but things mostly went well. Dillon came to help move the OSB and pick up a couple of logs. After leaving the job site at about 7:40 I went to the opening of the new Food City in Cowan. It was a pretty nice store, but packed. In a couple of minutes I will call Liz then go to sleep.
I slept pretty well again last night and got another early start. After removing the chains and logs, and dropping off generators and small materials I headed next door on the tractor to get some OSB. As I was doing so I saw the first framing crew show up, so I stopped and discussed everything with Jorge, who framed the last house. They were off to the races and soon the other crew arrived and got started. I made several trips to the lumberyard throughout the morning for various items. The guys took a long lunch and then got back at it. One crew worked until about 6:45 and the other around 7:30. They got a lot done. It was a draining day but now I am feeling good. I got food at Piggly Wiggly and am now relaxing. Soon I will call Liz and then hopefully go to sleep.
I slept surprisingly well last night and woke up fairly alert. A few minutes after six my dad and I drove to the job site and started setting things up. We unloaded the generators and a few smaller materials. At seven I went to the lumberyard and told them that we needed the wood for both houses. One package was already on the trucks and so I followed them back to the site. They unloaded everything and then I was on the lookout for the framers. I was expecting them any time after eight, although 8:30 was more realistic. I was nervous about the second load of lumber coming and I went and got the green plate myself. There were a few bouts of sprinkles but the heavy rain wasn’t due until the afternoon. About 9:30 I started to think that the framers might not be coming, and I was okay with that. By 11 I was pretty sure that they weren’t, and was actually happy about it. But I tried not to get too excited out of fear they might show up. I did load up the generators and loose materials though, and went to the cottage for a quick lunch. I returned to the job site and waited for the rest of the lumber to arrive. It did, and the rain came as well. Unloading was a bit tricky, but it got done. I chained the entrances to both lots and also put logs in the way. Hopefully there will be no 2×4 relays tonight. Back at the cottage I have pretty much just been relaxing all evening. I will try to go to bed early again tonight.
This morning Luke and I played a bit both before and after breakfast until it was time for me to go. I drove to Tullahoma, where I stopped at Lowe’s, Harbor Freight, and OfficeMax. All three stops were productive. I made it up to Monteagle and dropped off the lumber and ladders at the job site, spread the gravel on the driveways, moved some dirt around one house, and dropped some stuff from my car at the storage unit. I filled up all of my gas cans and ran the generators a little bit, topped them all off, then went to refill three gas cans. I came back to the cottage and have been printing out things for tomorrow and finalizing everything. Hopefully things will go smoothly. There is a lot to go wrong, but I am feeling okay. I will be trying to go to bed very soon since I will be getting up at the crack.
This morning Liz and Luke made breakfast cookies and then we went to the farmers market. It was great to see everybody there. After returning home Luke and I played while Liz ran some errands. My dad came down and helped a lot with relocating the straw bale garden and doing some clearing for planting pumpkins and melons. I planted carrots and beets in the bales. After he left I mowed the front yard and loaded my trailer with lumber and ladders. We ate dinner outside and then did the bed time routine. I was planning on driving to the Mountain tonight, but will wait until the morning.
