Hot Projects

Yes. That's a thermometer maxed out at above 120 degrees. I was doing some work in the attic. Who knows how hot it actually was up there. I was only up there twenty minutes or so (around 3pm doh!). Completely soaked my clothes and my gloves. No wonder the rafters were hot to the touch.

I basically went around making messes everywhere this weekend. I'd start one project and either fall into another or it'd get too hot and move onto something cooler. The whole house is torn up. There's more demolition then construction at this point. Having to leave at the end of the week to go overseas seriously limits the prospects of finishing any of it. That annoys me.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't handy. Sometimes it's a curse.

By the way, Monster Wire is only 18 awg. Bastards are just making you pay for the name. I realize there's different quality copper, but come on?

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In other news Gretchen's sleeping arrangements have made the progression from crate, to gated bathroom, to gated bedroom, to bed. We took her out of the crate back in March when she had a cone on her head. We took her out of the bathroom this weekend "just to see." She did good the first night on the floor, but jumped on the bed and woke us up as soon as the sun came up at 5:15am Saturday morning. The second night we decided to not even bother with the blinds. 5:15am again she was in the bed licking and ready to go. Last night, due to exhaustion, we didn't fight to get her on the floor before falling asleep, so she slept in the bed. I slept like the dead and never noticed her there - not even at 5:30am when the alarm went off.

Hmmm. Is that the trick? Leave her in the bed and she'll leave you alone? I don't think so. She'll go back on the floor tonight. Getting up early isn't that bad anyway - especially if you need to get in the attic early before work and before it gets too hot.

Turns out the cat was in the bed too. Brave (stupid?) cat. That would have made a mess if Gretchen had noticed.

- b