At Last!

As of yesterday we had not slept in our house for 263 nights.  And then it happened!

At 11:45 the Hyde County Building Inspector arrived along with Woody, our builder.  It was at last time for the inspection that we hoped would lead to our Certificate of Occupancy and our permission to move back into living in the house.  We passed, and, now we are free to gradually move all our living from the garage back into the house.

So, we slept in our “new” bedroom in our new bed and had the finest night of sleep we can remember.

Our beautiful new bedroom is ready for our sleep.

All the work is not done.  When the hurricane flood was over, as the ServePro people emptied the house, everything was randomly and quickly put into boxes and stuffed either in the garage or the second floor.  We have had these two spaces that looked like a Hoarders TV episode since the flood.  Now they are beginning to be opened one box at a time.  We are finding a mixture of ruined and useful, trash to now be thrown away and treasures we are happy to rediscover.  This will be slow and take a long time.

But...we can be in the house while we do this.

Only three big jobs remain:  the roofers have to come and put on the new metal roof, the painters will come back and totally paint the exterior of the house, and the tree people come in Friday to take down several trees that are dead and still a danger after the hurricane.  How can so much destruction happen in a single hour?

So, COVID-19 aside, our world is very bright right now, and we are profoundly thankful!