Roof repairs

Ugh!  They decided to repair the roof of our condo building starting September 18th.  They said it would take about 3 weeks.  There would be intermittent noise and perhaps slight shaking.

They started on the other side of the building and we didn't notice a thing, except a sign in front of our building & trucks parked in our lot.  

Once they moved to our side of the building, the noise was unbearable, not intermittent.  It went on and on and on and on.  The first day one of the lights in the hallway started falling down. I guess this is from the "slight shaking" 

The noise went on and on and on.  They put up another sign, UGH!

When it finally ended, I couldn't believe how quiet it finally was.  I forgot how much I loved living on the top level of the building, without upstairs neighbors.

Apartment, Power & Other Small Updates

Just a quick update to let you know a few things.

First - Emmie signed a lease yesterday. Unfortunately she is only able to rent for July & August. CB & I are paying the rent for her. She has not found a job yet. She says she is trying but that there isn't anything available in Provo. We are hoping that now that she's going to be living in Provo she'll have better luck finding something.

She had requested and paid for a single room. When she got to the apartment she found there had been a mistake and the other beds were already filled. The office was closed & would not be open today due to the holiday. She has already started to get to know her roommates. She said she'll talk to the office tomorrow about getting the cheaper rent (shared room rate).

She sent me a few pictures of her part of the room.

It looks small but at least it's furnished. I'm glad she has this opportunity to live on her own. I know going to a Singles Ward will be very good for her. I just hope she can find work and an apartment that doesn't require her to be a student. Her plans were to go to school but at this she's nothing about that.

Second - my Mom got power back yesterday! Yay! My older brother, Scott, called me yesterday afternoon to let me know that power had been restored. He was very excited. It had only been 3 1/2 days without power with temperatures in the 90's and of course our lovely high humidity. Mom is having a Fourth of July "picnic" this afternoon.

On a side note - The City of Gaithersburg cancelled their fireworks. They usually have a day of activities before the fireworks. It is on the Country's fairgrounds. The local power company, PEPCO, has been using the fairgrounds as a "home base" for their repair crews. The City decided that leaving them there & continuing to restore people's power was more important. I couldn't agree more. There are other firework shows close enough that if we really want to go & see some we can. I cannot imagine still being without power.

BTW - The kids (G, T & Rosie) had a youth activity last night. They went swimming at the Bishop's house. The Bishop & his wife own a kids summer camp. It is on the same property as their house. Rosie didn't get to swim as she waited too long to get into her bathing suit. It started raining almost right away. Then it began lightening. They had to get out of the pool, for safety, after seeing the lightening. Rosie had just barely come back from putting her suit on.

We drove home another girl from our Ward, Melissa. She was actually staying with a family friend. Their power is still out. Their family (Mom plus 3 children) have been going from friend's house to friend's house since Saturday. Ugh!