Journal Entry
A long day, but fairly productive. I don't want to start out being really productive and setting a standard that I can't adhere to, after all...
I got up around 08:00, after going to sleep last night around 20:30 and sleeping all night. So I feel pretty good. I started getting Tyler up about 09:30 and finally got him out of bed at 11:00... he'd stayed up all night, despite my warning that we were going to be working today. O'well, he'll learn.
We watched quite a bit of the house of reps doing today, until we got sick of it. The republicans certainly do want to railroad Clinton. I'm really sick of it.
Once we go to working, things went pretty well. We got the garage door opener down, then the garage door. We got the rest of the walls cleaned up, and I figgered out that the wall that I want to take out is supporting at least the ceiling, so I really don't know what to do about it. The attic is a mess of 2X4s and 2X6s going every which way, I know that it's not random but I can't make out the logic there...
Tomorrow is going to be a critical step... starting to jack up the house, get it level and then reinforce the foundation. Do I sound like I might know what I'm doing here? Well... I don't. I just know that I'm going to have to make it work some way or another.
After working a coupla hours, Tyler and I went to eat at Taco Tico then went out to Lowes. We looked at several things but didn't buy anything... I'm looking for a instant hot-water heater thing... it hooks up to a cold-water line under the sink, runs on 220 volts and heats water instantly to about 200 degrees F. And nobody sells them that I have found yet. But I want one really bad, so I will keep on looking.
In the last month or so, my on-line journal reading has dropped to almost nothing. For some reason or another, I'm just not interested in other peoples' lives right now. I don't know what the deal is. Maybe I've just been doing this too long or something. Reading journals, I mean. Writing on a daily basis is still a pleasure almost all of the time.
Tired now. Not used to so much physical exercise. Feels good, though. I think that I'll eat something and go to bed...
More tomorrow...