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Our House Has Been Vandalized

It actually happened a week ago, but I kept forgetting to take a picture of the damage. Here is what the workers noticed last Monday.

The good news is the the culprit signed their name. The even better news is that this will eventually covered up by insulation and then interior walls. By the way, I am wondering whether letting visitors (and maybe workers) sign the inside of the siding is a practice that I should expand.

Meanwhile, here is what the house looked like this weekend. I took this picture from the Northwest corner so you can see where walls are, and where walls are not. Right now they are working on the floor to the second floor.

The water is still very high although it has gone down a little since the last rain storm (last Thursday). Here is our waterfront, without the construction equipment in the shot.

We pulled invasives on Sunday — we will be doing that most weekends all year long. Then on Monday we went for a 4 mile (round trip) kayak trip up river from our house, to the Route 117 boat landing and then back.

Finally, here is this past week’s construction video. It only covers three days (no work on Thursday because of the rain and Friday because, well, just because). Also, I have sped this up by a factor of 2x to keep it shorter.

Beth is Leaving Us

Beth was home for just under two weeks. But her passport with its new visa has been mailed back from the consulate, so Beth is hopping on a plane to return to St. Petersburg, just in time for classes to start at ITMO University.

It was nice seeing Beth in person for change. While she was in town, she got the change to chat with friends and Zoom with the family in Kansas City. Beth was also able to go through all her belongings, since she may not get another chance before we move to the new house. Although the main goal of the visit was to get a new visa, Beth was also able to pick up the mail order packages that we had been storing for her (delivery to Russia is unreliable at best).

That said, it will be good to get my home office and favorite reading and napping spot back.

Beth's luggage

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