When the roofing contractor told me they would be at my home first thing in the morning, I thought they meant seven or eight in the morning.
I heard the truck pull into our driveway, however I thought it was a trash truck and rolled over to go back to sleep.
Two minutes later, my partner was rousing me out of bed. Kim told me the roofers were already there. It was only 5:30 AM, and the roofers had arrived. I groaned and told Kim to pull the curtain down, but she refused. Kim said if she had to be up to greet the roofers; I was going to be up with him. Kim didn’t want me coming downstairs in my pajamas and having the roofers looking in our windows and seeing me. I wore pajamas, however I would not argue with Kim. I headed down the steps five minutes later, completely dressed and with my hair brushed. The older gentleman of the group apologized for being so early. It was supposed to be a very hot day, and she wanted to get the roof started before it got too hot. She said they would remove the ancient roof, and at the least, they could get the tar paper down and then update the roof the next day. I had never seen a team of roofers work as fast as they did; By twelve noon, they had the ancient roof off and most of the new roofing installed. They took a half hour for lunch and went right back to work. When I asked about their doing the job in two mornings, the roofer said she hated putting off a roofing job, in case it started raining, so she worked taxing and completed the roof that day.