Pflump.

Ah. There's nothing like the sound of the electric company burying your power line. They came out and buried about 350 feet of wire in a about an hour on Thursday. Unfortunately, the crew that hooks it up won't be out until Monday due to the holiday and vacations. Still pretty quick service. I am not complaining. The bummer is, Friday, the generator quit quickly with something between a pop and a thump. "That didn't sound good." It blew a rod. Doh! Estimated time of death is 4:40pm. Eric ran to the True Value and rented the yellow one. The nice part is the yellow one, like many newer generators, ramps up when there is a load and then goes back to a quieter idle when there is no load. At least this weekend, we won't have as much generator noise. Note the nice hole in the metal casing in the green one. You can even see a part of the crankshaft in the debris field. The silver lining of this is that while Eric was renting the generator, we reviewed the 2nd floor truss plan one more time and realized that the plan calls for a drop beam right though the middle of the foyer. Why did we not notice this before? Doh! Doh! So that has to get refigured by the floor truss guys on Monday. At least we spotted it before we started hanging them this weekend thanks to the generator. And now that I am caught up on my posts, I really need to get myself out there with some cold beverages and snacks. It has been hot out there!