You know how when you finish bingeing a tv series or a book or book series and all of a sudden you like miss these "friends" you had and their lives and stories you'd been following?
Well I'm assuming that's the reason I'm feeling sad about the construction that's been going on next door for nearly a year shutting down.
Like it hasn't always been fun! It's been noisy and at times horribly dusty and dirty and they've woken me up on my days off and my view has changed for the worse BUT.... it was a distraction.
I could always find something to look at or wonder about. The progress was interesting. I'd hear half stories from the workers when they were working nearby and wonder about the rest of the story. And it's not even like it was the same folks the whole time. It seems like there were different crew for different parts of the job and even some "external" crews from other companies from specific parts but still... there have been workers next door for, I think, ten months. I hated it when it started and it was AWFUL last summer when I wanted windows open for air but would have to close them for construction reasons (noise, dust, etc.) But yeah... weird that it's over?
They were always polite and friendly when I walked by. And I knew things were getting NEAR completion but I didn't know things were this close to being done and I'm a little surprised that I'm feeling sad about them being gone but it also goes to show you never know what you can get used to.
And while they weren't "imaginary" like book or tv "friends" they weren't friends either and I know nothing about them or their lives other than they were working next door from like seven something til three something almost every week day for months. *starts singing "These are the people in your neighbourhood, in your neighbourhood, in your neighbourhoooooood!"
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