Nails and tiles and...bees?

So, Sam and Cindy never told me the cool add-on features that this house came with! Last weekend, we took most of the ceilings down, exposing the studs, insulation (arms are still slightly itchy), and an amazing array of miscellaneous items. These items included:

• Some tiles that clobbered Sam's head.
• More Christmas ornaments.
• The nastiest plastic bowl you've ever seen
• Some kind of metal duct part. Not connected to anything, mind you. Just the part.
• Four hornet's nests.

That's right, I did not mistype. Four of them. One of these was about 18 inches in diameter, and when I took it down, a bunch of insulation came down with it. We concluded that it was structural, and should be replaced immediately. I will recommend to Sam/Cindy that a more robust, up-to-code, hornet's nest be placed in its stead.

As far as physical labor is concerned, this is one of the safer jobs I have worked at. Mainly, because one person takes all the injuries for the rest of us. His name is Sam. So far the tally is:

• Nail puncture wound in his left foot
• Nail puncture wound in his right foot.
• Bruises from a pile of ceramic tiles landing on him from above the ceiling. Yes, from above the ceiling. Once again, I did not mistype.

Cheer up Sam! Nothing Hydrogen Peroxide and beer can't fix. We're almost done with the demo. Soldiering on...