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June 22, 2003

Momentum

A spa commercial came on the tv tonight, and Amanda said, "Oh look, it's your worst nightmare: hairy men in a hottub." She knows I have a huge problem with hottubs...I guess the hairy men thing goes without saying. So, since I'm always on the defensive, I felt I had to explain myself yet again. "Well see, those people have their very own hot tub, it's not one of those public hot tubs, so that's not as nasty. That's what hot tubs should be for. Personal use. It's just when you've got a hotel where scores of people are stewing in it all day every day that it gets so disgusting." By this point, she's wearing that look of tormented long-suffering, on the verge of breaking out in tears of exasperation. But I didn't take the hint, "I mean, if they drained those suckers every couple hours and filled them with fresh, clean water, it wouldn't be so bad. It's like when you take a bath, you drain the tub afterward, you don't just run a skimmer through it and save it for next time for heaven's sakes..." At which point she threw her hands up in the air, "GAHHH!! Why must you suck all the joy out of the things I like??" (She likes hot tubs.) I know I shouldn't have laughed, but I think I chuckled to myself for a good 10 minutes after that. There I was, thinking I was just making all the sense in the world, proving my impeccable case for the five-hundredth time, and I was just throwing a wet blanket all over one of life's more sublime pleasures for her.

After taking wayyyy to long, I finally got the 2nd wall framed on the garage:

Will Drake was chastising me the other day for taking so long. "YOUR STILL WORKING ON IT???" Something about the lumber being exposed to the weather for too long. Which I guess he's right. I was figuring that as dry as it is, I'm probably good for another couple weeks before I plunk siding on it. But then I realized that my 'couple weeks' actually translates into 'couple months' based on my track record. Oy. I'm going to see if the inspector will pay a courtesy visit this week before I put siding up to be sure he's okay with how I've anchored the sole plate and to ask a couple questions about the 12" x 16' header they want over the entry. I'll probably need to rig a pulley for that one.

Also, I've gotten the Effigies page going with it's first entry.

Posted by Jeremy at June 22, 2003 11:23 PM