My BF and I just moved in together he had been living with his room mate for 3 years while we were dating, I lived with my mom, it took us awhile to save up the money to get a place and as a result we settled for a bit of a fixer upper apt. in order to live cheaper. My BF 'Pete' is remodeling the upstairs bedroom, painting, drywall that sort of thing. He has enlisted the help of his old room mate 'ernesto', they have been going at it up there everyday after work for over a month now. Pete won't let me help them or even see it, he wants to suprise me when it's finished. I'm concerned the strain of the remodel coupled with his full time job might be too much for Pete, I can hear them grunting and groaning up there for hours every evening. They only take breaks for cold drinks and to run out to the store for more lubricant for thier tools. Thoughts?

heh, well done, i didnt see that coming

Hah, I did. :-/

i shoulda guessed i got it after the hiding it from the OP. i shoulda known earlier...this is rofo, after all.