So, today was a royal pain in the few places that ouch the most. Let’s see now: there’s a wall in one bedroom here that needed two minor patch jobs thanks to the pipe behind it getting slightly leaky. That’s all well and good and the inspector who popped up last Friday gave out that appointment like he was handing out Halloween candy. Then, on a whim I had him check out the wall in the kitchen with the two cracks in it and *whamm-oooo*, things got ugly. Suddenly, he’s up on a stepladder here and mumbling into his cellphone. I hear “asbestos” mentioned and my brain spins around like a kid on a soda shoppe stool who just got a free scoop of ice cream in his sundae. Only it’s not a sundae I’m getting, but a lousy case of déjà vu all over again (thanks, Yogi!) with a big fat, juicy Red #40 colored cherry on top.

Yuck…

Anyway, it looks like there will be some major work here (again!) even though this place was done (well, allegedly) about ten years ago. Crap. Of course, when the second inspector earlier today said that the work would “only take a day”, I laughed inside and maybe a little outside. While the kitchen needs to be completely emptied of everything, that’s on me to tackle that part and it’ll be done the night before. As for that abatement, it takes a nice chunk of time to seal off the kitchen and part of the living room, set up all that equipment and let the workers (actually) do their thing. I know this because I was around for the first rodeo which took a few days, not including the plastering an painting part (which is handled by a different crew. Or TWO different crews). Granted, the last time, the electrical system was being replaced as well, adding time to the process. But this isn’t going to be as quick and dirty as I’m being told at all. Well, the dirty part? Yeah, that’s covered but good for damn sure.

Ugh. Anyway, that art above was started while waiting and not completed later in a Starbucks where the wi-fi was shot down for some stupid reason. I hung out there trying to get a signal, but left after about an hour or so when nothing was happening and work wasn’t getting done. Boo. Well, it wasn’t a wasted day at all, as I got a nice two-plus mile walk in. Oh well. Tomorrow is (will and better be) a more productive day. All this rolling with the punches is wearing me out…