The slideshow was a bad idea since Kodak won't let you view without registering... And I know that most of you are like me and hate registering for stuff and opening yourself up to all the junk mail that follows.... So - I'll come up with an alternative sometime in the future.
In the meantime - I haven't posted for a few days cause I haven't had anything to post about.
There's a fine line between being patient and being taken advantage of. I have said from the beginning that I could handle the delays and setbacks in the repair of our home just fine as long as we get the straight story. We really aren't getting any straight stories around here.
Add to this the fact that our general contractor is acting funny. Call it a gut-feeling.
Anyone out there who has ever had a gut-feeling knows how easy it is to second-guess yourself about said feeling.... But experience teaches us it's there for a reason -- go with it.
Thursday our contractor rather begrudgingly showed up to work on the fireplace some more... He was more quiet than usual and spent a lot of time whispering on the phone. When he was leaving, I remembered that I had a draw for him and went outside to catch him. He seemed uncomfortable around me and quite obviously didn't want to chit-chat. I chalked that one up to a bad day or bad mood or something.
Friday our contractor rather begrudgingly showed up again to work on the fireplace some more again. His only words to us during the entire hour or so he was here consisted of a comment as he walked past us outside that could have been taken as quite tongue-in-cheek in the right context.... And I'm beginning to think the context was there. He left that afternoon without any of us knowing he was going.
He didn't answer his phone over the weekend or on Monday... and never returned any calls.
He finally managed to answer the phone earlier today to provide a few excuses and say that he will come sometime (but he doesn't know when) to do this or that... The usual story.
Now - I don't know how many of you have ever personally had this experience before... but I have. I have. There's this thing that happens with people who are preparing to do something wrong either directly to you - or in spite of you (either way it is sure to hurt you): Once friendly and talkative folks become sullen and withdrawn... maybe even cranky.. sometimes even rude... as if they are mentally preparing themselves by distancing themselves from you personally. Shortly after comes the bombshell.
Sigh.
I'm gonna program the 'Action Reporter AJ Giardina' number into the memory on the cell phone now.
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