Today Was a Blast

Earlier this month I mentioned a sleepless night due to some road work near our house.

The project has been continuing on and off since then (no more all-night work, though, thank goodness).

We recently got a notice that they would be blasting to create a trench for the water/sewer lines.

Saturday morning a young man, whom Lew dubbed the "pre-blast videographer," came to videotape the inside of our home to establish a "clear record between the property owner and the blasting contractor as to the condition of a property prior to the beginning of blasting."

Great.

Actually, I'm not all that worried, especially since today was the first day of blasting and our house is still standing. Phew!

The most fun thing about the blasting is listening for the signals, defined as follows:

BLASTING SIGNALS
3 Horn Signals ~ 5 Minutes to Blast
2 Horn Signals ~ 1 Minute to Blast
1 Horn Signal ~ All Clear

I do take issue with the blasters regarding how long a minute is and (in one instance) how to count to two.

But over all, it's been okay.... A real blast, in fact.