Wouldn’t normally do this

I suppose I should have mentioned this is, like, my theme song… And I’ve been listening to it a lot lately… But the idea of leaving is not about my wife – that part’s stable – it’s about other parts of my life…

Getting the roof fixed

So, our roof had a leak. Nothing major, just some water coming in because of some mis-installed flashing around the chimney. But it made me somehow feel more at home in our house. If you remember an earlier post about disorientation, and how I feel disoriented in my own home because it is a solidly, squarely built house, you’ll remember that I mentioned that there’s something almost too perfect about this house. But, we’ve made it through our first repair – something not quite put together right, and now I’m feeling a little better. Something about the disorder of things makes me feel comfortable. Knowing that my house is not completely perfect somehow makes me feel better – makes me feel more at home – even though we had to find a roofer. He was a nice guy, though. He told us that if it leaks again, we should just have the chimney taken down – because it’s really just for show. And somehow that has always pissed me off about this house – it has a chimney, yet we have an UNvented gas fireplace. That means the chimney isn’t functional – it just exists to look pretty. and probably to let people outside your home know that you have that all-too-important status symbol – a fireplace.