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Day 4,323: No Vikings

Wiiiiiped. Wiped, man. Got up early and cleared the excess gravel from the driveway. Then worked all day. I was planning to do more work this evening and tomorrow morning but I’m too knackered. Proper day off tomorrow, I think. Regroup. Re-jigger the to-do list and the schedule. We have some super hot days coming up, so, inside work those days, maybe.

Lots to do.

Night night.

Day 4,322: Wind

Late. We podcasted tonight, so it’s already bed time…but it was a successful, if not hectic, day. Got the gravel compacted. Need to shovel and remove the excess from the driveway, but it’s done. Next is demolition of the rest of the yard. Need to hire that out. It will be a lift, emotionally, for sure…but I can do it. Tomorrow.

For now, rest. Then up and back at it tomorrow.

Night night.

Day 4,321: Klosp

Busy day. I took out our massive bougainvillea. I thought it was going to be harder, actually, but I was able to make decently quick work of it with a pruning saw and a pickaxe.

Tomorrow, I finish the parking space. Can’t wait. We pick up the compactor nice and early. Plan is to use it for four hours. Have it returned by then. We’ll see. It’ll be an hour just of transit time…but I think I can get the layer I already have spread out compacted and then the next layer spread and compacted within...

Day 4,320: Pea Gravel

Our driveway is full tonight of pea gravel. I have to rent a vibrating compactor first, but it’s all going into the parking space frame I made. And then the parking space will be done. Lovely stuff, pea gravel. I like it so much more than 3/4 stuff. I feels good underfoot, too. It’s going to be lovely. Compactor rental is on Thursday. Tomorrow I get to finish spreading the first layer, and then start hacking away at the bougainvillea that needs to be removed. We’re getting…so…close. So close. Wh...

Day 4,319: Sun

What’s my favorite time of day?

From 10am to noon. If I’m watching sports during that time, HEAVEN. Oh, I love it so much. Beyond that, just the time block itself is always my favorite, even when I’m working. That’s the time where all the business of the pre-morning has been done. I’ve written my pages, I’ve walked the dogs, and I’m eating breakfast, ready to start the rest of the day in good shape.

Next favorite? Oh, how I love taking a nap anywhere from about 2:30 to 4pm. In that window...

Day 4,318: Dodge

Didn’t do any work today, really. I spent it with Liz for the most part, which we haven’t done in a little while. That was really, really nice. Like, I wanted to finish Richard III. I’d read up to Act Five, but I hadn’t the time to actually finish it. So, I wanted to do that after we took a really long nap and I’d sync’d up the podcast footage from Friday so it was ready for editing—the extent of the “work” I did this weekend…

Usually I read out in my office. But Liz suggested that, instead, ...

Day 4,317: Stinky Broder

Tell about the last thing I got really excited about.

This is an easy one: my birthday! I’m doing a little backyard movie night. It’s gonna be grand. I loooooooove doing backyard movie nights. We just haven’t done a ton of them lately because our front and backyards have kinda been a disaster. But, we’re getting that under control! It’s move night time! I want to do them every summer, in fact. Wouldn’t that be fun? I bought a speaker system for it a couple years back, and a screen, too. Proje...

Day 4,316: Mermaid

A late Friday, as per usual. We watched Ponyo tonight, which I’d seen before when it first came out. I liked it more this second time around, which isn’t to say I didn’t like it the first time around. I did. I just remember feeling…underwhelmed by it? This time, I definitely “got it” more. The animation style. The main characters. The riff on The Little Mermaid. But, mainly that he wanted to make a KIDS’ movie. I think what he ended up making was far more a movie for adult’s inner-child…but his ...

Day 4,315: Blerg

So…apparently arc fault breakers are a freakin scaaaaammmmm y’all. Wow. We had three of them fail within 24 hours. Three completely separate circuits. Electrician out almost all day trying to figure out what in the heck was happening. I definitely think the heat today was part of it, but those breakers are rated for outside. Three of them went kaput. One, two, three. Just like that. Insane.

Work was busy today! Busy busy busy. Plus people in the house meant it was an unexpectedly intense day....

Day 4,314: Arc Fault

A well-used circuit in our house has an arc fault. We tried figuring out what was triggering it today to no avail…only to realize that there were more outlets on that circuit! One of which is a on and off flickering bedside lamp! Might be it. Won’t know until we test it tomorrow. I’m hopeful. My first thought, in fact, was that it was this other old lamp of ours. It was the first thing I tested. Plugged it in and the circuit was fine, lol. It’s tricky. Didn’t seem to be any one device being plug...