The shingle in the gutter was a message.
It screamed of impending doom for us.
(Thank goodness the big snow season for Michigan had not yet arrived!)
Thankfully, the temps were unusually warm in mid-November and my favorite builders were able to squeeze in one last roofing project – us.
- It was a good thing we did.
- There were five big holes in our roof – covered only by shingles.
- It was a disaster waiting to happen!
Walking around this spring, I noticed some funny things on my roof.
- The blobs were too uniform for bird poop.
- They looked like melted white caps from two-liter bottles.
- I didn’t see them on anyone else’s roof.
Had the contractors forgotten to put a final wrap on the roof seam?
- Was my roof once again at risk?
- My mind latched on to the puzzle.
- Spent a lot time attempting to figure things out.
I finally reached out to my builders and one swung by today.
- At first glance, he thought maybe the roofers used the wrong color caulk to seal in the nails.
- He got on our roof for a closer look.
* Checked out what was going on.
We got quite a surprise!
- The caulk on my roof was actually BLACK!
- Not gray or white.
- I was shocked.
Something about the angle of my house and the sun created an optical illusion.
- The way the sun bounced made the caulk appear lighter than black.
- Who knew?!
I had fretted about those darn blobs for months.
- UGH.
- I wasted a lot of energy trying to figure things out on my own.
- Could have avoided stress by calling my builders sooner!
Makes me think of people who (used to) hate networking… Are you stewing about something that may not actually exist?