Day 11 - feeling insecure

Last night or rather this morning around 5am I was convinced I heard someone (I suppose in hindsight it could have been something) on our roof. I managed to freak myself out so much that I had to call ADT (our security company) to come and check the house. It was during this time of worry that I realized that with all the holes they've made in our roof structure there is very little between us and the scary outside world but ceiling boards. Never mind that we have locked gates a 6ft wall and an electric fence around or property - I was (still am) freaked out by our vulnerability.

It was around this time that I also realized that there is a trap door access panel to our roof which is now completely exposed. It's in our passage which is in a part of the house where the alarm is not on during the night because pregnant women need to use the bathroom a lot at night. Suffice it to say that with my husband away I no longer feel safe in my house.

To make matters worse today they started taking out huge chunks of tiles and cutting out rafters in order to put in the floor beams. So now there is little to none of the existing roof left.

At first I just felt like crying about it. However seeing as there's no one here to save me and that actually I really am a capable woman who usually doesn't flinch about staying alone when my husband is away I made a plan.

The plan was:
1. Get the builders to nail the trap door shut with planks.
2. Have a new lock fitted to our side gate which ADT has a skeleton key to so they can check the property if I call them.
3. And this one I only gave into after it got dark.......  call my brother and get him to stay in the guest room for the night.

Here are the huge holes in the roof. I did have to climb the ladder to get this shot but I was very careful (for those of you worrying about a pregant lady climbing ladders).

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