buildinggracelands: 8th December

Workmen everywhere today! Some "roofing guys" were accessing the AMP wall through our place and Greg, Richo, John and Regis moved things along for us. We had to do a bit of juggling to find a time when the water could be cut off in the surgery, which eventually worked, conveniently, into Lester's lunch break. This followed some anxious moments when we thought we would have to find and fill buckets for the surgery loo.

Greg and Richo were doing something with the ceiling upstairs. I can't wait for the stairs to go in so I can access the upstairs and see what is actually happening up there. The plumber, has done great things with water pipes, overflow drains and kitchen plumbing. The electrician, has organised more cables, lights, front door attachments and exhaust fans.

It looks like the AMP wall is nearly finished and that scaffold should be down by the end of this week. We still have to render and paint the back wall, attach an air conditoning unit and some TV antennae before the end of the next week, when our scaffold will come down.

I had another fraught morning helping out in the surgery. (I have decided dealing with the public is really hard. Working with a room full of Year 10 boys is preferable. Even better still would be a job with a dog and a computer!) I managed to look up once, in between accidentally hanging up on someone for the third time - I think it was Katy who surely now knows she has the duddest aunty in the world, and saw a group of mature lycra-clad specimens across the road who were intently looking up at the roof. It crossed my mind that this was an odd thing for a group of cyclists, out on their Wednesday morning ride, to be doing. Turns out, it was Ian explaining to his mates where his latest cable network project was taking place.