we're not traveling to Home State for the holidays.
As I wrote last week, a leak in our roof has derailed our plans to visit family. Getting the leak fixed has proven fairly difficult. To make a long story short, Archer has called no fewer than 4 roofing companies. We've gotten an estimate from 1 company. Archer has made 3 more calls to said company to ask a few questions about the estimate, and we've never gotten a return phone call. 2 companies are no longer accepting new jobs for the winter; why, you ask? Well, it is now December in CU Land. The cold makes it difficult for shingles to cure or caulking to dry properly. In desperation, I called a handyman a friend had recommended for us, and he's coming out tomorrow. We're hoping that he will be able to help Archer determine the source of the leak. Then, either Archer or the handyman can at least cover the area with a tarp for the duration of the winter. Archer explained all of this to his brother last night, who said, "I just want you and M to know that I totally understand why you're not coming. It isn't so much an issue of money as you don't want to leave your house for 10 days when you have a hole in the roof. I wouldn't go anywhere either." I really appreciated that R said that as Yetta has said, "The hole in your roof is ruining my Christmas."
We'll be here, and we're fine with that. I'm making shopping lists and ordering the few gifts I have left to send to Home State online. We've already been invited to a good friend's house for Christmas dinner, and we'll have our traditional pizza and cookie dinner on Christmas Eve. It will be a low-key holiday, which I really need after the difficulties of the fall semester.
2 comments:
R sounds really supportive. And my sympathy on the roof. We had a leak in ours--right in the living room. It had apparently been weakly patched up but ice was getting under the roof by the gutters and making it worse. A few bad winters later and there's water. Husband patched it best he could by getting in the crawl space but like you, we had to wait for warmer weather. And then dealing with the roofers was a pain too.
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