January 23, 2007
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Progress!
Eddie Arellano, whom we have known since he was in 7th grade, agreed to do some of the pick-up carpentry for us. He was a model of efficiency, polishing off the installation of a lowered ceiling in the apartment bathroom in just a day and a half!
The first day his friend Joe helped out:
Joe also opened up part of the wall by the stairs, so the tenants will be able to lean over and peek into the stairwell. Also greatly improves air circulation, which will be crucial in the summer months (we have six of those in Los Angeles). Here he's knocking out the last of the nails, leaving it nice and clean for the drywall folks:
The second day, Frank Escobar helped Eddie finish things up:
I was going to help too, but it would have made for too many cooks in the kitchen. So, noticing the weeds had dropped their leaves in the recent freeze...
...I attacked them with a sawzall.
This was only a few of them.This day was for me a pair of parables about this building project. Sure, everyone has weed problems, or challenges and setbacks in a construction project... ours are just freakishly overgrown. But just when you think "will this NEVER get done?!" suddenly, in a flurry of activity, that bit (like the bathroom ceiling) is finished.
Or, mostly finished. Still looking forward to that backdoor. And the rest of the windows...
