What I did on my relaxing day off.

I took Friday off to do some shopping, sewing and general nothing. I knew they would be working on the drywall in the apartment and wanted to be home to make sure they covered up the furniture and electronics, etc. The crew did show up around 10 - not MY idea of first thing in the morning- and hauled in all their equipment/ladders/plastic/mud/pans/scrappers/..... A big mess later, they were unclear on the idea of covering furniture, they got started dumping water around, spattering drywall mud and dusting with dust. I got an email telling me I hadn't done my timesheet - and believe me that's the reason I get up in the morning, so I haul out my computer in the corner of my plastic coated crowded room - I think about 6 people there - uncertain. Timesheet software times out, just gets slower and slower, tried to email for help, no go. The fire alarm in the building goes off. Now this is a common event - so far the building has failed the fire marshall's tests. Sooooo, still have 7 people (including me) piled in my living room, the fire alarm blaring, my timesheet locked up. One of the drywall guys noticed we had almost no water pressure - also not that unusual. Then one of them went out in the hall and came back in and said, very calmly, "did you see all that water?" WHAT WATER!!??!?!?!?!?!? There was at least 2" of water in the hallway floor right outside my front door and more pouring down the utility closet across the hall. I ran down the stairs to tell the front desk - where the heck's my phone!?!. They already knew and the fire department was already there. Apparently there was repair welding going on on the 6th floor (I live on 5th) and it got too hot and set off the sprinkler. Now, true to form at this point, the water pressure blew the sprinkler head off and broke the pipe. Enter THE FLOOD. No water actually flooding into my apartment that way, but we had a lot of water that seeped under the walls. Something ironic about seeing water puddled around the washer/dryer drip pan. Not so ironic is all the stuff out of the closet now piled in the bedroom. That closet is the main storage area of the apartment. We got a visit from the fire department, 3 HUGE fans, and a humidifier blocking my hallway. We also will get drywall pulled off the closet and replaced - yeah, that won't make a mess. And more new carpet. My son's coming to visit next weekend and this won't be finished. ARRRRGGGGG!

But somehow in the midst of this I finished a sleep shirt for the Nightwear sew along on SG. Now I DON'T have pictures of this because I just plain forgot to take them this morning. I'll do that later. It turned out nicely.

I've started the McCall's dress, so far, so good. I don't think this one will be put in timeout, but finished this week. Here's the fabric: From Hancock's clearance. It's a really soft drapey cotton. It washed well and handles nicely. Has a little bit of an Asian feel to the print. I have a ton more of it. I think it would go well with K's planned JCC, if I recall the colors right?
Well, I'm off to take a shower, we worked in 9 holes of golf in the heat with sunscreen so I need to get that off me before I go to bed. It will be interesting to see what kind of mess I come home to tomorrow night. **sigh**

Oh, and I still haven't done my timesheet.