Friday, May 3, 2013

12:39am

Currently in the truck. On an hour+ ride to Buckberry Lodge to drop off posts for a railing install we're to begin tomorrow at 8:30am. Just finished them.. I won't go in to how we got to that point.. When we leave we have to clean Chad's father's condo, another 'last minute' moment sprung upon me, he has guests coming in the morning. When we get home we have to glue together the "ladder" rails (11 of them) then load them, along with all our tools into the truck.... What time will it be? Will she get any sleep.....?

I had a heart to heart with my brother the other day.. It's been awhile... He cried. He was drunk. He always cries if you get all deep with him when he's drunk.. Guess I'm guilty of that myself.. Either way, it was nice. Kim was at work and I was alone, so it was just the two of us. Which allowed us to say things we wouldn't typically say in their company.. I learned a lot about where he's at in his head, and I think it's a good place. So long as he means his disclosures and he's not just saying them to rationalize his way of thinking at times... (this makes sense to me) The tears were for me though. Which was weird. He said he could see a separation in body language, gestures and communication between Chad and I. He all but blatantly 'begged' me to fix it... I didn't realize how important it is to him that we're happy.





1:44am


Post stacked neatly to the side of the gate. Condo Ho ..


Remember that dream I talked about? The one where I was at sound check for HURT... Well guess what I'm doing on Tuesday! No kidding. I'm going to the venue in Knoxville at 2:00, the one HURT will be playing in that night, and meeting with 9 other lucky fans to watch them set up.. And I am just over the moon excited!! If anything tries to ruin my day I will just.. ugh! I have LITERALLY dreamed of this day :) I've always wondered what runs they practice with, do they make changes to the set list then or is it planned ahead of time.. and a bunch of other random irrelevancies. So I'm crazy stoked. Just be happy for me. Don't try to reason it out. I know how lame I sound. #sheep






2:57am


Condo clean. Pretty certain the previous tenant was either a single mother of an older child or a single gay man with an older child.. the tags on the throw pillows were sticking out, so if I had to choose, I'd say the mom. But the place was maybe cleaner than when they arrived. Which made our lives MUCH easier! So a huge "thank you" to whomever just stayed.
Now an hour drive home to glue... Think I'll catch a nap this trip..






7:15am


On our way back to Buckberry. We decided not to glue up the rails but rather design a system to where we could do it there efficiently. Then we loaded the truck with the remaining sticks and all the supplies we need, then threw a little love the way of personal hygiene. We had about 15 minutes to sit on the couch and chill before leaving. I put my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes... And could feel everything from my head to my feet, throbbing.






8:42am


Sitting in the parking lot waiting on the maintenance man to come unlock the gate... LAME! I hate when I go out of my way to be punctual then have to sit and wait on someone else. Let's get this show on the road buddy!!






4:05pm


Back in the truck. Railing all but installed. The very last section needs to be 6" shorter and there's no way to do that here. So we have to go home, fix it, and come back. *sigh* I think we'll wait till Sunday so we can make better support blocks at the same time and add those when we come back too. The outer panels of the deck we put this on needs some love and I don't trust it entirely to support the posts.




5:07


Gonna eat for the first time since that reheated cheese burger I had around midnight last night. Chinese buffet.. look out!




5:58pm


Ate. Leaving Lowes. So sleepy...
Conversation just had:
Chad - It's funny Lowes has a mailbox in their parking lot.
Me - We should mail them a letter.
Chad - Says, 'Hi, I noticed you had a mailbox."
Me - Get one back, just reads, "Thanks."




Yaaa it's safe to say we need a nap... I'm a filthy hot mess...






6:22pm


We're home!


-Showered, made a few needed calls, sent a proposal for a mural in Cedar Rapids, and crashed. HARD. Around 10:00pm. Total time between sleep; 38+ hours ..I'm too old for this shit.




Today has been a whirlwind of cleaning up and planning the following week, which is why I'm just now posting this. Tomorrow now looks like rain all day, so no final install. *sigh* I think instead we'll visit my brother. Make him dinner. I've got brownies in the oven for him right now :) The remaining work at the lodge will have to wait till Monday.. Which the owner is completely cool with, thank God. He loves the result of our work so he isn't sweating the small stuff. #we're awesome