Well, we have arrived home safe and sound after two weeks camping. (One week without children...lovely.) The weather was wonderful, scenery was beautiful and after the first two or three days all of the stress simply left me.
Unfortunately, upon returning home I have now decided to commit fratricide. My contractor, who also happens to be said brother, was suppose to start my renovation while we were away. They had two weeks to rip out a wall and carpeting etc. and we wouldn't be there to complain about the mess. Guess what? He hasn't been yet. I am so angry that I could spit bullets.
He is curiously absent, has not returned phone calls and once I cornered our mother I found out that he is currently "back at the hunting camp four wheeling" with my other brother. Still don't know why he's MIA but there are at least a dozen people now who don't want to be anywhere in the general vicinity when I do manage to catch up with him.
This reno was suppose to start in May, then June, then July, then right after he got back from vacation the second week in August. It should have been finished by the end of August. Now I have doubts that it will be finished by Thanksgiving. I have 18 people coming for thanksgiving dinner...guess I'll just send them all to my brothers house. Now isn't that a great idea!
Note to self...do not renovate. If you don't like where you live...move.
I need a martini or better yet, a pitcher of martinis!!!
Some how I don't think it will help but I'm sure that my brother will need a few after I get through with him.
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Add me to the list of folks who are (for the first time ever) rather pleased I'm on the other side of the planet for when you do catch up with Jeff.
Of course, I could sell tickets and call it an Ultimate Fighting Match.
::hugs::
Oh babe, I'm so sorry. Don't know which is worse, this or coming home to chaos. I think this.
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