Still bushed!
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snouslePreparations are underway for the campout this weekend. There is so much freaking work! I don't mind, it's kind of fun, but I wish I didn't also have software work to contend with at the same time. I billed only 13 hours last week. I'd be happy billing less, but there's things they really want to get done back in Mountain View. I'm going to beg off a bit and promise them much more work after this campout (and my mother's visit) is over.
Kitsune is cute but sometimes she's a pain in the ass. She found a large (8 inches?) turtle down by the hostel, and unlike the small things like lizards (which are numerous, so I don't really care) and the large things (like deer, which run faster than she does), the turtle was an an irresistable yet inappropriate plaything, and I couldn't get her to leave it alone. As in, I literally could not drag her off of it. The beast tried to make a a run for it - I was impressed at how fast it could move when motivated - but when she got too close it turtled up. She was so persistent that I just had to give up and go back into the house. I hope the turtle's defenses worked as designed.
The fire suppression system got mostly installed in the commercial kitchen today. We're missing an emergency shutoff valve for the gas, and of course the contractors didn't talk to each other so now there's pipes on the outside of the wall where they should have been on the inside. Le sigh. It's actually not all that bad. It kills me, though, to have to put in a hideously expensive fire system in a room where virtually nothing is flammable. I may have to get a giant deep fryer, if only to justify the expense.
The installer was Le Hot. Big, ugly, hairy, all that. Exemplary, actually, in all three of those categories. He was covered in grime by the time he was done. I made him and his assistant some sandwiches for lunch, since it was clearly a much more complicated job than they had planned for.
Tonight I'm going to try to cut all the wood for an outdoor sink stand at once and assemble it in one shot. Nothing fancy, just some recycled 2x4s nailed together. However, I found a rusty old enamelled iron sink that's really groovy, and I'm thinking of borrowing a totally beautiful brushed nickel faucet to go with it for the weekend, just for kicks.
The weather for the party looks like it's going to be ferociously hot. This should be interesting. I'm glad we're finally going to have potable running water down at camp, this will make things a lot nicer. I predict a large mud pit will materialize, and things should get interesting!
Kitsune is cute but sometimes she's a pain in the ass. She found a large (8 inches?) turtle down by the hostel, and unlike the small things like lizards (which are numerous, so I don't really care) and the large things (like deer, which run faster than she does), the turtle was an an irresistable yet inappropriate plaything, and I couldn't get her to leave it alone. As in, I literally could not drag her off of it. The beast tried to make a a run for it - I was impressed at how fast it could move when motivated - but when she got too close it turtled up. She was so persistent that I just had to give up and go back into the house. I hope the turtle's defenses worked as designed.
The fire suppression system got mostly installed in the commercial kitchen today. We're missing an emergency shutoff valve for the gas, and of course the contractors didn't talk to each other so now there's pipes on the outside of the wall where they should have been on the inside. Le sigh. It's actually not all that bad. It kills me, though, to have to put in a hideously expensive fire system in a room where virtually nothing is flammable. I may have to get a giant deep fryer, if only to justify the expense.
The installer was Le Hot. Big, ugly, hairy, all that. Exemplary, actually, in all three of those categories. He was covered in grime by the time he was done. I made him and his assistant some sandwiches for lunch, since it was clearly a much more complicated job than they had planned for.
Tonight I'm going to try to cut all the wood for an outdoor sink stand at once and assemble it in one shot. Nothing fancy, just some recycled 2x4s nailed together. However, I found a rusty old enamelled iron sink that's really groovy, and I'm thinking of borrowing a totally beautiful brushed nickel faucet to go with it for the weekend, just for kicks.
The weather for the party looks like it's going to be ferociously hot. This should be interesting. I'm glad we're finally going to have potable running water down at camp, this will make things a lot nicer. I predict a large mud pit will materialize, and things should get interesting!
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Date: 2008-05-14 02:49 am (UTC)You really should have had the spy cameras installed earlier than this....
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Date: 2008-05-14 03:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-14 06:33 am (UTC)Thanks.
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Date: 2008-05-14 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-15 09:27 am (UTC)The two things that aggravate it the most are heat above 80ยบ and crappy air. Guess what's happening as we speak?
So basically I'm guaranteed 24 hours without pain from the Toradol shot. After that, I'm on my own.
Unfortunately, there aren't many local bike runs scheduled in the early spring.
And special thanks to Tony for all his efforts. I really love QBT.
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Date: 2008-05-14 03:11 pm (UTC)