It’s the hottest weather I’ve ever remembered in my LIFE! What is the point in showering if as soon as I get out I need to get back in again! How do you wear summer clothes in a country where shorts and tank tops aren’t part of the dress code for women unless you are a child, or want to be suggestive, these are the times when I miss Canada. Things are getting busier as I start planning to come home, the poor contractor is having a little heart attack, as the building won’t quite be finished when I leave. We had an interesting discussion about the gutter system and water conservation and the state of the world. We are trying to sort out the finer points of the gutters, trusses and roof points. The air vents are inserted and the building is getting ready for trusses and roof to be put on. It’s getting exciting and seeing what the building will look like finished!!!! We had an inspection after the ring beam (a beam that goes above windows and doors the perimeter of the building with reinforcement inside), which took a week to sort and lots of negotiating. First he was meant to come on a Wednesday afternoon, we had paid the fee and had our receipt and surprise, surprise he never showed. He was away the Thursday and Friday. Monday they have morning staff meeting from 8-12 and said to come after lunch, which is 2pm called at 2pm to make sure he was coming and surprise, surprise he was too tired. Tuesday he came and checked the site and told the foreman we hadn’t paid so he couldn’t sign off on the building and I couldn’t get a hold of him for the rest of the day. Wednesday I went to the office and sat there until he saw me showed him the receipts and paperwork proving we had paid and had everything sorted and made him sign the form so we could continue on. When I asked him what the trouble was yesterday and if everything was fine, why couldn’t we carry on and I would just come in and show him the paperwork he said he did let them continue, which is untrue as the foreman would have carried on. So now that the air vents are down and the wall plates are on, we can have another inspection, which then means 1 more inspection until the certificate is signed that the building is complete and then never again will we have to deal with council or inspectors!!!! A few weeks ago we had a meeting about how we wanted to open the building and what we should do. We thought of having a traditional ceremony like in Canada with First Nations, we thought of having a hand off to a headmaster of a school as it is a education building, we also thought of having a hand off to the Library Board, who will run the building. It was made clear that it would not be handed off to the government or any government body. It was also made clear that a article in the paper needed to go out now before government and the local council started taking credit for something they were not a part of and have made very difficult to complete, and work with. We started noticing council bringing people by showing off their building, which we did want the community to take responsibility for but since council has reneged on their responsibilities so far we have decided to give put it in the hands of the library board made up of people from the community, from teachers, to Lion’s Club members to store owners to parents. This is a problem that I’ve noticed in this country wanting something for nothing, not wanting to help get things up and running but taking the credit, say they are “owed” things, that the west is why they are in trouble. Hopefully with this building the government and council will leave it to the library board and the community and it will thrive.