31 July 2019

Put the second (and final) coat of paint on the barn’s exterior trim.  Other than installing two outdoor spotlights high on the east wall and having Tammy Walsh build some gravestone steps for the people door, the barn is officially done.  (Hold that thought!)  Chree headed to Maine to visit her parents while I hooked up the trailer and schlepped up to Lowe’s in South Burlington.  Among many other items, procured the two spotlights for the barn.  Also bought a ton (literally) of Black Jack Drive-Max 1000™ driveway sealer (40 buckets @ 52 pounds apiece), hence the trailer.  The cash register clerk neglected to charge me for 39 of those buckets, which, fortunately, I caught before leaving the store.  Now I may not be too good at mental math, but when the bill is $1,000 less than expected, even I can tell something ain’t right!  Started to thunderstorm just as I left South Burlington and was threatening the same upon arrival Fern Lake.  So, in a rush, tried to back the trailer into the barn before first removing the Kubota.  Let’s just say that the trailer now needs a new sidelight, the south-side overhead door trim is all torn to hell (and back again)… and I got wet anyway.