After not being there on Wednesday, we were eager to find out what had been happening at the farm. Hubby decided to take the day off of work to help out a bit which I was quite thankful for since my stress level was getting a bit high.
We headed out to the house in the morning, keeping a close eye on our watches because we didn’t want to stay out into the afternoon. The news here is full of the approaching hurricane “Kyrill” which is expected to bring winds up to 90 mph and plenty of rain. We always figured if we ever experienced a hurricane it would be while we were living in Florida…but we never guessed it would be while we were living in Germany. This storm essentially covered all of Europe at one point and has caused damage all over the place. Hubby’s parents were also planning to drive up already tonight so they could start helping tomorrow with the move but we all decided it would be much safer if they stayed home until Friday when the winds were supposed to die down.
Once at the farm, we checked up on the painters who had definitely not progressed as far as we would have liked. The living room was mostly finished and being painted but the soon-to-be office was still having wallpaper removed along with the room in front of it. To say we were concerned is probably an understatement…but we were still thinking perhaps they would pull off a miracle since they’ve known for over a month that we planned to move in soon and would be doing so this weekend. So I guess it will be interesting to see how far they get tomorrow…
Macky has also made some good progress. He has the entire bathroom framed out with drywall upstairs so he only needs to put on the plaster and wall tile for that part to be finished. Naturally the shower is still not here so Hornbach is going to be getting a call from hubby very soon who will not sound happy on the phone at all. But at least we have one clean, functional bathroom to use once we get moved in.
Tomorrow we pick up the moving van and at 4 pm we can pick up the carpet cleaner as well. And on Saturday morning, Macky is lending us two of his guys to help with the move since we have lots of heavy furniture and a tiny staircase in the farm which will take some careful maneuvering to say the least. Going to be a very full couple of days coming up indeed.
