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Overwelmed by the farm

Trying a clickbait title.  Saturday evening and the farm is quiet.  Nothing happened today.  It stopped raining a few days ago, not a single drop for three days, and it looks like we will be fine until Thursday.  Everyone is happy about that.

Our eldest Daughter, her fiance and OUR granddaughter are up for the weekend.  My wife is over the moon to have her little helper with her all weekend.  I spent about an hour with her "parents" looking at their new quarters and things are moving quickly now,  All the rooms have electricity, and rough-in has been completed for the plumbing.  The painters are prepping the wall.  One issue is that the space is very dark, a week ago a cabinet market took all the windows and inner doors for repair and upgrade.  The window's oak frames need some love and care, and the glass is being replaced by triple-thickness glass, which will keep the cold and the heat out.  As for the doors, they need restoration and the removal of probably 10 layers of paint.  On Friday, the painters will start painting the walls.  The final inspection will happen in two weeks and the place will be ready for the finishing touches.  Initially, we thought we would have problems getting heating pipes and electricity into the apartment, but we were lucky an unused gap allowed all the plumbing and electricity to be brought up from the basement.  We were incredibly lucky to have all the trades available through January and February.  Now that things are getting better in the county, electricians, masons and plumbers will have other sites to cover,

My wife is desolate right now, because her best friend in the world, fell asleep at the table, it seems that an entire day with Grandma was a little too much for our little pumpkin.  

What's next, I don't know and I don't care everything is just fine right now

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