how much wood can a woodchuck, or termite, chuck?

that's the question of the day. in order to answer it i'd have to make several more holes in my walls and doing so scares me. so i quit with one small hole and lots of tiny termites crawling around.

one might wonder, didn't i have an inspection? yes. of course! and the inpsection was clean. but they didn't attempt to tear off paneling to check for termites. like i did.

*sigh* yes, i'm disappointed. but i'm even more disappointed because of timing. i didn't get the keys till thursday night. i spent friday worrying and saturday doing various things like moving a few things in and taking out very old wallpaper off the closet walls to reveal the original wood structure (with no termites). i also did a lot of thinking and planning in my head. then today i decided i really don't like the cracking and peeling and poorly installed wood paneling that's in the majority of the house, so i might as well take off a piece to see what i find, and for future preparation of installing drywall. unfortunately, i found more than i bargained for.

however, in spite of my disappointment and frustration and worry, i'm also thankful. thankful that i decided to crack open the paneling. thankful i haven't hired anybody to do anything else in the meantime. thankful i haven't actually moved myself into the house yet. and thankful i have a grandfather who knows people and will fight for me to get this fixed ASAP.

sadly enough, i'm back to playing the waiting game....