Construction Junction

There is some weird construction going on around here. At the end of my street (and by end I mean where the mountain starts) I now have a 24-hour bar and restaurant. Across the street is another one. In the lot next to mine, construction has been going on for several weeks on some new complex. I had high hopes for a DSW/Starbucks/Sephora/Target combo, but I think it’s starting to look more like a storage place. Who knows? It wouldn’t surprise me if they found a way to sneak a bar and some slot machines in there too. All of this is less than a block away from an elementary school. Did I mention that? I don’t know who is in charge of zoning around here, but I don’t think I care much for it.

Aside from the odd zoning going on, the construction schedules are a little strange. For weeks now, I haven’t needed an alarm clock to wake me up. The bulldozers have done a nice job of that starting around 6am. It’s almost to the point now where I can’t sleep in on the weekends because it’s too quiet. Last night kicked things up a notch. I wasn’t very tired, so I was up late reading and I noticed this really bright light coming from the window behind me. I thought maybe it was a police car. I ignored it at first, but when I was still seeing this flickering light after another 20 minutes I looked outside to see what it was. Welders. There were welders across the street in a giant ditch.

I looked over at the clock and it was around 1 am this morning. There were people welding at 1 am this morning across the street. Aside from it being so late, my other thought was that it was so windy outside. We have had constant wind blowing for the last 2 days. And by wind, I mean 25-35 mph gusts all day and night. For as dry as this place is, does it seem smart to have blowtorches going with it being this windy? I thought about this as I brushed my teeth and finally went to bed. The torchlight made interesting shadows on the walls, but it didn’t keep me awake for long. Besides, I only had a few hours until the bulldozers greeted me with my wake up call.