Day 8 of Construction of the Building

We had quite a rain last night and this morning, apparently.  I had a couple of middle of the night phone calls (most people in Texas don't know I'm in Australia - they just call my 830 area code number) from the Lowe's delivery truck asking if I wanted the lumber and supplies delivered today as it was raining.  I asked if they could call back after lunch to see if the weather changed.  A quick look at the radar for San Antonio (don't you love the apps on an iPhone) showed me that the storm should be through the area by noon but I couldn't tell if there was another behind it.

They called again four hours later and said they were going to deliver, so I called Bob and fortunately, he was home and could take these pictures.  The first couple show that there's been a lot of progress on the building walls.  In fact, they appear to have the entire wall done on the east and south sides and only have the small open areas on the west side remaining.  Notice the water on the floor.  Since these pictures were taken midday, it shows there was quite a bit of rain last night and this morning, which is good since there's only been less than an inch so far all year.

Not too long after these pictures were taken, the Lowe's truck showed up.  Rather than get the big truck through the narrow gate and down to the building, they simply left it parked up on the main road, unloaded their little fork lift truck and transported the lumber and other material down to the site.  They put them on the porch on the north of the structure which gets the material out of the way and under a roof to protect from future rain.  The forecast also calls for a potential for more rain tonight and tomorrow.

Only 48 more hours now until I board the plane from Melbourne through NZ to LAX.  We've had a lot of flight problems here this week due to the ash from the Chilean volcano hanging around the sky in the Southern Hemisphere.  It's on its second lap of the globe right now and has really fouled up the flights in and out of Australia this week.  It looks like they are clearing mostly today and certainly tomorrow.  With any luck at all, we'll be on time Saturday morning.  Can't wait!