What's Up?

So, I haven't posted anything since the 4th of July. Well, on the 15th of July, our water heated blew out. Since our builder found it to be a great idea, our water heater is in the attic. This caused a lot of water damage throughout the house. Thankfully, we discovered what happened before it got any worse. Greg had just went to bed, he goes to bed early since he gets up early, and Matthew looked up at our living room ceiling and said "what's that?", I said OH NO, and got Greg out of bed. He went up into the attic, confirmed the problem, then started draining the heater. The next morning we called our homeowners insurance, and they sent out a service to dry the walls and ceilings. They had to tear out a bunch of carpet padding and base board. Jacob's room has some drywall and paint damage, and our living room ceiling has some big water spots. Jacob's room is the worse, and it basically can't be used for now. Now, exactly four weeks later, our house is still in a shambles. The insurance and contractor can't come to an agreement. I have been very patient with them, but my patience is running thin. I just want my house put back together. We can't even get the carpet padding replaced until the other work is done.

We did get some good news last week when Greg was asked to remain in his internship for the fall. We had several tense weeks waiting to hear one way or the other. He also finished up summer semester this past week. He gets one whole week off school! Too bad he gets no time off his job. Well, we'll use what we have, we are planning on going out of town this upcoming weekend. We are looking at visiting some Louisiana plantations along the Mississippi River.