[Rain Man]

We have light!

We have ... (sinking to knees with fists clenched in air and tears running down my cheeks)...light (sobbing with joy).

For the first time in ten weeks, all of the lighting in our living area is back in place. The new third-floor bedroom is all done except for the carpeting and the curtain-thingies on the closet, and the new balcony up there is just awaiting paint and the move of the swamp cooler, which for some reason has been a major problem area. In the kitchen and dining room, all of the structural work is done, and the new kitchen floor is installed. The base cabinets are in, and we'll have to shut that down for a week while we're waiting for the countertops to be installed. The second floor structural repairs, lighting, and painting should be done today, which will be huge - all of a sudden we'll have room to at least put the packed boxes somewhere as opposed to the places where we're living.

And last but certainly not least, the basement structural stuff is done now, and we should get power back to the laundry room "soon". Additionally, our cat door has been installed in a basement window, along with a little tiny flight of cat-sized stairs so they can get to it. One of them has already learned how to use it, and the other one can figure out the stairs but hasn't quite got the hang of the door yet. (Push! Push with your nose!)