DRYWALL!!

Drywall is here! Drywall is here! I feel like running through the streets, shouting, waving a banner. Sooo glad to finally be at this place...  Huge turning point in the project, where I finally get to put the house back together; the official end to the Trades phase (the middle phase where tradesmen were hired to do things I can't do).  

The evening before, I took lots of pictures to document where everything is in the walls.  And I felt almost nostalgic to say goodbye to the "see-through house" -- such a novelty in being able to see through walls, see the entire house at once.  

Yesterday nostalgia gave way to delight as they put up the ceiling.  The walls will be finished today while I'm at work.  Soooo wish I could be there to witness the transformation and to answer questions.  Left notes for all the weirdments where drywall isn't going (glass-panel wall, pebble wall in bathroom, key & purse cubby in entry, etc.) and the fellow seems to understand my directions.  

The trade-off is that today after work I'll be able to see it completely finished, all at once. EagerEagerEagerEager!  And my shoulders are pleased to realize that the taping and mudding takes several days.  I can pick out colors and find the paint sprayer, but my shoulders get to rest up a bit.  Ahhhh...