Back in October, when the festival of Succot commands the use of temporary dwellings, we moved out of our house and into temporary accommodation while building work was taking place on our house.
The building work continued along with a Jewish twist. For instance, when we did our weekly progress check in the week of Purim, we found the toilets installed in amusing locations - one in the middle of the bedroom, another in the airing cupboard.
The building work was scheduled to last about 6 months - taking us to some time in April. As we entered this month, we checked the completion date with the builders. The date when all the work would be completed - rewiring, re-plumbing, new windows, new bathrooms, new kitchen, etc. and we could move back in, was confirmed as 9th April. Indeed, as of first day Pesach, we were to move in to a totally refurbished and hometz-free home.
However, predictably, that was not to be, and a delay in the arrival of the windows means that this date will pass, over-running on the works by about a week (sorry, couldn't resist the word order in that sentence).
All this religiosity, and our builders are not even Jewish! Indeed, they have included their own religious icons during the project, as this photo, taken in Easter week, demonstrates...
Chag sameach!
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Well, I have to hand it to you for the patience you're exhibiting, I'd have gone mad by now and infected them all with smallpox. Mind you, that would have meant the work took even longer, typical me - act first and think later.
Cheers and chag sameach to you and all your readers!
Judith
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