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BUILDERS ARRIVE!




Since there is so much to share I have had trouble with where to start my updates. Because there is so much, I am breaking it up into two updates. First and foremost THE BUILDERS ARRIVED YESTERDAY!!!! 
This was a sudden decision on their part. Ever since they told us they would try to come at the end of the summer, we have been giving them little COVID in CT updates. As the numbers here continued to get better and the rest of the country worsened, we urged them to consider getting our build in now while the going is good. Well.... they listened! We got a call last Thursday night that said they plan to be in CT in a week. They drove 40 hours across the US with all their equipment in tow and ...
We just completed a bunch of big projects that we were still trying to wrap up from our week long vacation of digging. I hope to write that post later today or tomorrow. The news of their imminent arrival sent us into a frenzy of trying to wrap things up. Yesterday morning the first sign of our official status as a job site arrived.
As soon as the builders arrived mid afternoon they unloaded and started digging for the ring beam. 
It is super weird to watch someone else do the work on site. We feel like we should be helping and we are somehow shirking our duties. Not that I miss digging. I am still sore from picking up rocks all week as we cleaned up from all our projects. I am sure we will get used to it!

Mr. Dometastic and I went over in the evening yesterday to ask questions and have our meet and greet. We are super excited to get this part of the build complete. This is the one part we know we need the professionals to do. Everything else we feel like we can handle. Or at least muddle our way though without real damage. In 6 weeks time we will have an enclosed building to work in! This is huge and means we do not have to stop when the weather is bad or for the winter. It is full steam ahead!

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