Day 13

 Bonjour!

What a day oh what a day.

Today was a day of misc. items on the checklist including removing all of the rods from the ceilings from the drop ceiling tracks, cleaning up debris, removing the built in cabinet as you enter and the removal of the sunroom floor.

I'm not saying I'm proud of myself, maybe tooting my own horn or whatever, but, to think that I decided to do a major renovation in another country is crazy and satisfying at the same time.  Don't know many people that would jump on the opportunity.  It has definitely been an adventure to say the least.  Building materials, ways of building and trades have been a few obstacles.  For example, the floor under the hardwood floors in the sunroom were concrete poured slabs with a space between for joist to sit (on sand) so that the hardwood floors had something to nail to.  Let's just say that over the years thos wood joists rotted from water/moister from the ground. Craziness at its best.

Today, I had a cre come in to remove all of the debris from all of my demo.  Today, TOTALLY fried me mentally.  I've been able to get by with my little french/english.  The crew removing the debris kept speaking to me after knowing that I don't speak french.  At one point the crew chief got upset with me and got angry/red in the face and I had to call Mykle to the rescue.  Actually may have come over a few times for me.  They took 5-6 loads of debris away so it took a good chunk of the day.

Our street in front of the house is a one-way single car road with parking on one side.  Keep in mind nothing like in the states where they are wider streets, not here, narrow!!!  They debris crew had a hard time swinging their big truck into our courtyard as they weren't able to make a wide turn into the gates.  Their last trip was during rush hour in our town and when I say rush hour that at most 10 cars.  As people were coming home and parking on the street across from our property Mykle went up to each car explaining that we were expecting a large truck coming and they needed that space to back in.  To my surprise, everyone was so nice and smiled as they moved on looking for another spot.  Back in the states, especially Chicago, you would have got  a much hasher reaction and them parking anway.  

I thank Doug and Mykle constantly for their hospitality and all of their help/support with my personal and renovation needs.  I can't imagine doing all of this without them.  They are truly my family away from home!

Au Revoir!







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