Two Days Work

How much can two days work get you on home construction?  Actually, quite a bit.  I went to the house after work today and was very excited with what I saw.  The drywall was finished on the whole 2nd floor, the 1st floor had all the ceilings covered and the siding was almost finished on the outside.  It's really looking like a house now!

The view from our bathtub... not too shabby.

I do have one question though.  What does this street sign tell me?

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Back to the Lou

I'm back in St. Louis for 2 weddings, a week of work and lots of catching up with friends.  I drove by myself and decided to stop and take pictures of the state signs to break up the monotony.  I couldn't get the Illinois and Missouri ones though because I didn't want to stop in the middle of a bridge.

The first wedding was Adam and Andrea's.  It was beautiful and couldn't have been a better day for an outdoor wedding.

I went by to see the progress on the house this afternoon and am getting very excited about our return soon.  It's hard to tell by the pictures what you're look at since it's just framing everywhere, but basically the plumbing, electrical and HVAC stuff is almost finished and drywall will be going up soon.  There's also siding up on one side.

 

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Matt is Funny...

...except at 2 a.m.

Matt is now in his 4th phase of the Apache course which is nights.  His day starts around 1 pm with class and then he goes to the flight line around 6 pm.  This means he gets home around 1 am and tries to sneak in bed without waking me up.  This morning, for some reason, he forgot about the sneaking part. 

I was asleep when I heard him come in around 1:30.  He was actually really quiet brushing his teeth and getting ready because I don't remember any of that.  I was just vaguely aware when he slipped into bed.  I had just fallen back to sleep when all the sudden I was jolted awake by my sheet being ripped from the bed.  As I rolled over to see what was happening, the very bright overhead light in our room was flipped on.  I quickly shielded my eyes with my pillow but could just see Matt with the sheet wrapped around him standing next to the door where he had flipped on the light.  In my state of confusion and sleepiness, all I could muster was a moan to question what was going on when I hear Matt say "I think I saw a snake in the bed."  I was still too asleep to care but remember thinking that I was starting to get cold and frustrated that the light was still on.  I tried to voice that but I'm pretty sure I only moaned again.   He quickly searched for the snake and didn't find anything, turned out the light and came back to bed. 

As I tried to fall back asleep, I think Matt was already out and maybe dreaming about that snake because he was the most restless I think you can be and still be asleep.  Needless to say I wasn't getting much sleep and I didn't think it was very funny.

This morning after Matt got up I asked him what happened last night thinking maybe he was sleep walking or something.  He remembers "seeing" a snake and his heart rate skyrocketing as he jumped out of bed.  I have to admit it's kinda funny now. :)

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