We are feeling stressed

This week has been thin on postings. The pace of renovation work could be called "fever pitched". Monday there were so many workers and trucks in the garden it looked like a parking lot for a construction company. The plasterers came back to finish the reception and loft, the macon came back to set the stones around the door (photos of before and after), we had the plumber installing the shower, the electrician making the wires to the bedrooms hot, and RXC tiling floors. They arrive at 8 am and yet again work until 8 pm, even the lunch break is shortening. Tuesday however, the macon arrived before we woke up! Monday the painter arrives to prep the walls.

There is no time in this schedule to look at fixtures, tiles, and the hundred other things that are needed to finish up the work. This means that we have to go to Bordeaux on Saturdays. So again this morning we will take off shopping. Last Saturday we ordered wall tiles for the bathroom and sinks. We still need a tiny hand sink for upstairs, 2 toilets, tiles for the shower floor, grout, faucets, you get the drift. We can buy these things in town but the choice is limited. Our taste goes more towards the traditional and what we find close-by is moderne, eurostyle.

And in all of the dust and deafening noise of construction, I sit 6 feet away at the computer and write. Volume 1 of THE BOOK is due at Alta Mira Press on Tuesday. It is just about pulled together, formatted, page numbers have been added, but illustrations still need to be labeled and the chapter on emergency planning, safety, and security is a bit thin, so I continue to write. Postings for next week may be a bit thin as well.