Weekend Roundup

Greetings and Regards from SBGville.

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I managed to get less done this weekend than I hoped for about the 1,000th weekend in a row. Well, actually, my streak isn’t that long, but I think my biggest problem with regard to this stuff is that I fail to be realistic about what I can actually do.

On Saturday, I had hoped to do some garage projects, but I neglected to account for the fact that My alma mater was playing for the FCS Championship. For some reason, I had it in my head that that game was being played at night. I headed up to St. Paul to get my hair cut (at Schmidty’s, across from Cretin Durham Hall) and I called my Dad on the way up there to see what he was doing and he informed me he was watching the game. Well, crap. I could have gotten this hair thing done earlier, but I was out running a few errands and I just didn’t get it done. Turns out that Schmidty’s had the game on, so I was watching it then. Oh, I also went to the gym on Saturday morning and did a cycling spin class that was, um, hard. The class was focused on speed, but the instructor had us working insanely hard. Awesome. She teaches Mondays at 5:30 AM. I’ll be there tomorrow morning.

When I got home, I had to watch it and darn it if it wasn’t pretty fun. So, that shot most of the afternoon. Then, I had to go to a furniture store to buy a bed railing. I was going to make it a quick trip, but my wife said that she wanted to go with. So, I took the family to the furniture store and then out to eat. We got home in time for the Vikings game, which lead to a viewing of Michael Clayton at about 9:15. I should have just watched last week and called it a season.

Today, we went to Mass and then off to the gym. My wife and I did a Simply Strength class, which was great. I really felt like I was doing well, but there was one hip exercise that really did me in. Other than that, though, I felt comparatively much stronger. My daughter did some rock climbing after that. For five years old, she’s pretty darned good and she really loves it. You wouldn’t think that a five year old girl would be interested in rock climbing, but it is one of her favorite things.

After that, we ran a quick errand and I got home and had some lunch. Finally, I was ready for the garage! But, wait. I was really tired. So, I grabbed a 20 minute nap. After that delay, I went out there. It was pretty cold out there and shortly after I got out there, my wife decided to go out and she left our daughter out there with me.

Today’s project was installing the attic door/ladder. Previously, I had framed the doorway and moved the door up into the attic. Before that, I had cut a hole in the ceiling and put in a floor in the attic and wired the attic for light and electricity. This was the final piece of that project. I had mentioned that it wasn’t going to be that difficult of a project, and it wasn’t really. It would have been easier with a helper and if my daughter would have sat still instead of standing next to the hole seemingly just to make me nervous. I had a little space heater up there for her, but she didn’t want to sit by it. But, I got the door frame in place and secured. I was worried that the ladder wasn’t long enough, but it was just long enough. I had to drill some holes in the end of the ladder to attach the feet, which I did and that was that. I now have a pull down ladder and door on the attic. I have to paint the door and put some finishing wood around the door, but that is a project for another time.

So, it’s not like I did nothing, but I wanted to get more done. Such is life.