4 May 2012

My reputation for punctuality is in shreds!!!!  Was supposed to meet my mother and brother in South Burlington at 11:00.  At 11:00 I was still in Charlotte (10 miles south) and both of them were already where we were meeting.  Didn’t arrive myself until 11:15, which I’m sure my family (and friends?) will never let me forget.  As the saying goes, “One oh, crap cancels out ten attaboys”.  Had lunch with my mother at Pauline’s Restaurant, one of her favorites, but which I had found to be pretty mediocre previously.  Not anymore!  A fabulous repast for a very reasonable price.  Before departing for points north (and the reason I was running late) got a second woodshed door sheathed with Advantech and then put another course of shingles onto the south wall of the shed.  That done, looked at the time and said, “Oh, crap (or words to that effect), I was supposed to have left 15 minutes ago and still have to change.”  Got back to Fern Lake at 3:30 and went back to swearing shingling. Opened the lower level garage door and found the man cave to be very cool and dry.  A half hour later it looked like someone had taken a fire hose to the walls… they were literally dripping with moisture.  This might explain why some of the cedar shingles never dried out over the winter… and why the Ranger has an advanced case of body rot. Perry came over after he finished work to inspect recent accomplishments and provide his standard consulting services vis á vis work in progress.  He also said that he can borrow some scaffolding for this coming week if I want it for working on the higher reaches of the north wall.  Answered with a strong affirmative (or words to that effect).