'Twas the week before Easter...

I mentioned in previous posts that we were really busy the week before Easter. The installation of the video projection system required disassembling the podium in order to run the cables to the ceiling-mounted projector...that is, if we wanted to avoid unsightly wires running up the walls and across the ceiling. Disassembling the podium meant replacing the carpet, and it was when the carpet company said they had received our order and that they would come install the carpet, we said, "Wait! We're not ready!!" We didn't advance with the work until we knew the new carpet had arrived, and now suddenly we had to get everything in place.  On Saturday, a week before Easter, we pulled up the old carpet (on Palm Sunday, the podium was bare), and on Monday we started taking it apart. The carpet men were coming on Wednesday morning at 9:30 to lay the new carpet. (Everything closes on Thursday and Good Friday, so it had to be Wednesday.) I didn't get any pictures of the work in progress, but our church member Orlando did, and here are some of them:

Tuesday night, 10:30 p.m.

Less than 12 hours before the men are to come install the carpet! We had to have all the cables run and the podium reassembled, no matter how long it took. José Carlos came that night to give a hand, and it was 1:30 a.m. before we went home. We were ready.

"I could have sworn I had this figured out..."

The situation must not have been as bleak as it seemed

Marcia thought something was funny. From our point of view, though, time was running out. This could have been one of those reality show makeovers, where the whole house has to be rebuilt before the owners get back from the supermarket.

"I think I saw in the owner's manual that it also trims fingernails..."

Choir practice must go on

This was one of the last chances to rehearse the Easter cantata; the piano was displaced, but the choir members (l-r: Svetlana, Olga, Albert, and Marcia) faithfully practiced their parts, while the entire bass section (José Carlos and I) joined in with saw, hammer and drill. Our deadline was closer than theirs...they had until Sunday; we had until 9:30 the next morning.

In the photos in the previous post, you can see the new, blue carpet (the old one was green) and the projection on the wall. It was a long week and a long night, but we finished everything on time.