Just checking in before bed. I have to get up around 3:00 am to catch a lyft to the airport at 4:00 for a 6am flight ✈️

Check you all tomorrow sometime.

I puttered around and worried myself out now. Set two alarms. And really can't think of anything left to do.

@Anemone
You figured out the footing today and you expect to finish tomorrow?Damn son! You are putting some energy in there. Best of luck avoiding those snags!

Good morning all!
Blueberry bagel with peanut butter and blueberries, coffee.
I think I'm off to a good start.
I have a little painting and tightening up to do around the house before I leave for 6 weeks. Future comms will come from Puerto Rico. I have a 6:00 a.m. flight in the morning. It will be good to see old friends there and pick up where I left off with chores. Getting the AC working, and prepping the rooftop cabana for tile. Also keeping a heads up for hurricanes since 'tis the season.

@EileenKCarpenter
Mister Dobolina, Mr. Bob Dobolina? 😆

@WaevetSmaevets
I hate to be that guy but at this point just go deal with it. Take a 22 pistol out and put a bullet in it. Go ahead and hate on me.

The groom will now work in the states for several months while he waits for the proper paperwork to be developed.

Well, had a good 3day vacay. Hot Springs, and a wedding reception. The title "wife verification event" has something to do with the fact that the (u.s.) groom married the (polski) wife in Poland then left to come back to the states without realizing he did not have the proper "green card" to return with his wife in 2 days from now. The bartender behind the sign was a wonderful woman who took care of us all for tips.

@Ironworker229
Yeah and the few days before that I got some new copper plumbed into the utility sink in the basement. Another project that took every tool. They all do. I don't know why I expect any different.🤔😄

Well got half of it fit, a little tear off in the morning and fit the rest. Ooch, my back!

A Rumargarita, 600 Ibuprofen, small bit of gummy, a puff or two, and a yummy tangerine creamsicle and my back isn't such a bother. 😎

@LnzyHou bigger because I let it go too long and I've got some rotted joists that I need to cut off and replace parts of. 🫤

Friday I started tearing off the old (14 yr.) balcony decking. Yesterday I went for a sail on the lake with friends, this morning I hauled up the new 3/4 marine plywood sheets. This afternoon when the shade comes will cut and fit. Then I have EPDM rubber to lay...that's a new process for me. I'm short on working days B4 I leave for PR for 5 weeks, so it likely wait for final EPDM install til October.

"We're building a better America"

@amarand
1:50 probably. I have been lax as well, being multiply poked. Should probably get another before I travel again.

@amarand
True, and I enjoy cooking for myself, but going out to eat/drink is more than eating. It's social time too, especially eating "alone" at the bar, vs. table. I do, and we have folks who come in regularly to eat, have a drink, and chat with folks. Even couples. 🍽️ 🥂 🍔

@MLClark
Thanks. I am not the same person I was.
And I'm not sure if that's OK. But I will keep on.
Even though sometimes...
WTF, people?
#CoSo is a touchstone to sanity.

#FourYearsAgo we laid off all our wait staff and kitchen staff and I cooked while my partner delivered food. A little while later we hired them back again, thank goodness because my cooking didn't really make our chef happy, and then we laid them all off again. Whee! 🫤

@Ironworker229
Yep...and I'm a lot older than I think I am. 😆

@Bliss
Yeah I figured it was something complex like that, but the limit of my info on it is "shit's bad when Mars is in retrograde". And it's hot.🥵

@Ironworker229
Well we did have a heat advisory going all day I just noticed.

@Bliss
Gonna guess Mars?