The roofers arrived and started working before dawn
When the roofers said they would be on the property first thing in the afternoon, I thought they meant by seven or eight AM.
I heard a truck pull into our driveway, however I thought it was the garbage truck and rolled over to go back to sleep.
Two minutes later, my fiance Max was rousing me out of bed. Max told me the roofers were already there. It was only 5:30 AM, and the roofers had arrived. I groaned and told Max to pull the curtain down, however he refused. Max said if he had to be up to greet the roofers; I was going to be up with him. Max didn’t want me coming downstairs in my pajamas and having the roofers looking in the windows and looking at me. I wore pajamas, however I would not argue with Max. I headed down the steps five minutes later, completely dressed and with my hair combed. The oldest gentleman of the group apologized for being so early. It was supposed to be a boiling and humid day, and he wanted to get the roof started before it got too hot. He said they were going to disconnect the ancient roof, and at the very least, they would get the tar paper put down and then replace the roof the next day. I had never seen a team of roofers work like they worked, however by twelve noon, they had the ancient roof off and most of the new roofing installed. They took less than an hour for supper and went right back to work. When I asked about their doing the task in only two nights, he said he hated putting off a roofing task, in case it started to rain, so he worked taxing and completed the roof that day.