The Bungalow is Still NOT Finished

Take an obsessive - compulsive American woman who is used to getting things done immediately and ask her to oversee the construction of a bungalow in Moorea and what do you get? You get a woman who feels schizophrenic. Bordering between a calm Tahitian state of “No worries, it will get done when it gets done” and a neurotic American state of pestering her husband 50 times a day about WHY no one has showed up to work again?!?!?!?

The woodworker who is making the windows & doors said he was going to start the job the beginning of March. Not quite sure what beginning he was talking about.....Well we can’t lay the hardwood floors and install the kitchen and bath until the doors and windows are in. Meanwhile we ran out of tile for the bathroom but I’m promised by the store manager in Tahiti that the tile is ordered and will be here the end of March. Then there is the issue of the rock wall. We took out a loan to pay for the construction of the rock wall. Here when you get a construction loan, the bank deposits all the money into the contractor’s account. Well the contractor is in the hospital for 4-months with god knows what and his construction company apparently no longer exits. We call the bank and their response is, “not our problem.” So we hired a lawyer and he said for sure we can get our money back but first we need l’hussier to write up a legal document showing that the work has been abandoned. Well wouldn’t you know, the hussier is also in the hospital but she supposedly gets out on Thursday. So here I sit, expressing my frustration in a blog. You see, if I mention it to James one more time today, he is sure to file for divorce. At least I can take comfort in the fact that the roof looks amazing and if the rest of the bungalow looks half as good, I will be very happy when all is said and done...