So Jake and I have been collectively holding our breath the last couple weeks to see how this was going to turn out ---
A couple weeks ago (on St Patrick's Day actually) Gavin got sick to his stomach on the way to church. We turned around and came home and cleaned up the kid and the car. While the car was outside airing out (it's usually parked in the garage) Jake pulled down the steps in the garage and went up into the attic to check on a couple things. His foot got caught in a wire and the result is the above picture. One leg was dangling down and the other was bent up above the ceiling. Luckily he didn't fall all the way through and was able to pull himself back up with only a nasty scratch on the bottom of his leg. His pant leg was ripped through at the hip but amazingly Jake didn't even get a scratch in that area. Also amazingly, the chandelier didn't fall and shatter during the incident, Jake was able to take it down still fully functional. After it happened, Gavin kept saying over and over that we needed to move to a new house that wasn't broken. Jake decided to try to fix the hole himself. He has a little experience installing drywall but none with ceilings or fixing large holes. Right before he left to buy supplies on Monday I told him that we could just hire someone if he wanted. Gavin was standing there and Jake asked him if he thought Jake should fix the ceiling. Gavin said no. I asked Gavin who we should get to fix the ceiling. He said, "maybe Carter's daddy." Carter's daddy is an eye doctor. Jake went to buy the supplies.
Gavin dancing to the music Jake listened too while working:
there was a long crack in the ceiling so Jake had to remove an extra chunk:
an attempt to contain the dust from sanding:
end result after almost 2 weeks of working off and on - if you look closely you can see the seems but good enough for us:
I am thoroughly impressed with Jake's ability to fix this mess, and his willingness to even try (I wouldn't have). It's nice to be married to someone who can fix stuff - everything from my computer to a hole in the ceiling.
