Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Moving right along

I was pleasantly surprised when our electrician showed up at nine this morning just like he said he would. "Why surprised?" you might ask. Well, because sometimes he doesn't show up. At all.

We found our electrician through our old landlord. He was a friend of his or a friend of a guy he worked with or something like that. So we got rid of our landlord (by buying his house), and we kept the electrician. And let me tell you, this guy is good. He does an excellent job, his prices are reasonable, and he's a nice guy to boot. But punctuality? Not his strongest suit.

He's always (or at least as long as we've known him) had this problem. He would say he'd be by after work the next day and he just wouldn't come. That wasn't so bad. The worst was when I would leave work early to meet him at our house and he wouldn't show up (no phone call either). I think he did that at least twice.

A week or so ago, G worked from home, and the electrician came by in the morning to see what he needed to buy in order to rewire the bathroom that afternoon. He told G he'd be back in a little while, but he never came back. Turns out he went home, wasn't feeling very good, and ended up sleeping into the evening.

So he said he'd be at our house this morning at nine to finish up the bathroom for us. And he was! The bathroom has been painted, the tub has been tiled, the ceiling has been installed, and now the electrical work has been updated (hopefully). We are moving right along.

P.S. - In case you were worried about the harried state of this year's Thanksgiving, fear not. I have a plan. The menu and shopping list have been made. All that remains is the actual shopping and cooking. No problem.


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