Empty Promises and Shattered Dreams?

So maybe that's a little melodramatic.

This week finds our project a little beehive of furious activity. It seems like there's always at least 2 or 3 different groups of people working on different aspects of the house. (Today, for example, we had the plumber installing the boiler/water heater, the paint guys painting the powder room and trim, gas guy installing a new gas line under our house, and the siding folks working 'til dark on the exterior.) The good news is that things are really falling into place; the bad news is that all these people in a small space is bound to cause some confusion and frustration (been there already). I think I'll focus on the good. Tomorrow the boiler/water heater/space-age thingy will be fully installed and all systems go. Fingers crossed that everything works as it should. Otherwise, we'll be having awfully chilly showers on Friday morning. In yet another daring feat of scheduling, our contractor has the flooring folks slated to sand the floors at 2 pm tomorrow. This, of course, is entirely dependent on the gas company coming out in the morning (8-12) to turn the gas back on... no gas means they can't finish installing the boiler, and if they can't finish with the boiler, the sanding will have to wait.

Phew. Tiring, isn't it? And that's just a small piece of the puzzle for the next few weeks.

Contractor also gave us a (tentative? optimistic?) date of estimated completion: September 18, 2009. Three weeks. Holy crap. That would be amazing. (Can you tell we're not betting the first-born on it?)