April 11-13th
We were trying to decide whether or not April 19th would be our final day in Vermont, we decided yes. That meant that we would work non-stop and if we were not working, we would be sleeping! Rick transferred with the Plumbers Union to a job in Malta, NY in March. Therefore, he was able to work on the house after work and on weekends in the weeks that followed. We were left in Vermont to pack in the freezing temperatures, coming down every weekend to join him.
During the week of April 11th, we arrived on Thursday to find my bathroom roughed in, plywood on the kitchen counters, and more sheetrock up. During our prior trip, we hired painters to paint four of the interior rooms. Upon arrival, we found that the painters never showed up to paint, which was a problem as the moving trucks were coming in less than a week. Due to this, we took on the task of painting and cleaning the entire weekend. Emily painted four rooms and started to unpack some boxes. Painting in the dark with temporary lighting made for an interesting paint job. Elisabeth spent the majority of the weekend mopping/shining the floors and washing the walls and woodwork. Rick worked on odd jobs (got the closets roughed in) and finished Elisabeth’s bathroom for the most part. We slept in the house for the first time on Sunday on two blowup mattresses in what would end up being Elisabeth’s bedroom. We worked every night until midnight with makeshift lighting and headlamps. It may not seem like a lot, but we got so much done this weekend.
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