Return of our six-legged little friends

Recall that a week or so ago, when the crew removed the drywall from the garage, we discovered signs of an old termite infestation. We knew the house had been treated before we bought it for termites, so we weren't particularly worried about it. We also had a termite person come out and look the garage over. She said it looked like old damage but recommended treating the entire house "just to be sure." We didn't see any reason to treat based on the evidence so just filed the estimate away.

Then today the crew was back in the garage removing some more stuff, and this time they found not just signs of more termite damage but a few of the little critters themselves, wiggling and squirming away.

Uh-oh.

So now we'll need to bring the pest control company back out again and retreat the entire house. There's also a couple of spots where the wood will need to be replaced and/or patched up somehow. Wagner took me out to the garage to show me the damaged areas. He must have seen the look of horror on my face when I saw the temporary wooden supports they had set up, because he quickly assured me that our bedroom (which is currently above the garage) was in no imminent danger of falling through the ceiling of the garage.

But I have to say it makes me wonder what OTHER damage could be lurking in other places of the house that we don't see right now because it's covered up with drywall. Then again, maybe I don't want to know. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.