the proverbial fan.

remember that time i told you that darwin was going out of town and it was time to get all of our ducks in a row as to ensure things ran smoothly and there were no crises (yes that is plural of crisis and yes i realize that it looks stupid) that i would have to handle.

well. we all know how that usually turns out. shit hitting the proverbial fan. and yes, you guessed it. shit.hit.the.fan.

that sure is some nice manure you have there good sir.

as i told you before, we had a big job that we shipped out a week ago. we were so happy that we got everything done on time and delivered without too many surprises. well, SURPRISE. they under-ordered or someone missed a take-off section. neither here nor there, but they were short material.

guess who got to solve that dilemma? if you guessed me, then you are correct.

want to know what involved solving that dilemma?

-schlepping heart pine
-reschlepping heart pine
-selling my soul to millwork
-reselling my soul to millwork
-bombing around kennesaw while my soul was at millwork
-SOOOOO MUCH CAFFEINE
-getting home at 630 on a friday
-getting up at 6 on a saturday
-finding out the finishing guy has a chest cold and you are now in charge of finishing 500SF
-praia rolling in compost heap waste
-showering off compost heap waste
-trying not to vomit while showering off compost heap waste
-schlepping more heart pine
-breaking into a 5 gallon container of velvit oil (crow bar and screw drivers involved)
-lining up over 500SF of heart pine (over 10' long)
-crouching around wiping on velvit oil
-trying not to die of velvit oil inhalation

you know the usual.

and you know what made it all worth it? well aside from satisfaction and pride: getting to do it all again today.

i really should add heart pine schlepper to my resume (right under fork lift extractor. i should also really come up with more glamorous names for these things.)

now comes the fun part. selling my soul to millwork again tomorrow to get 650LF of walnut run so that i can finish it tomorrow so that all this material can ship out wednesday morning bright and early.

wish me luck.

ciao. 


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connundrums.

have you ever tried to list something on craig's list? we do a lot of "craig's listing" and it sometimes can be the most frustrating part of the day. take last week for instance, i literally changed the password on craig's list 4 times. 4. absolutely ridiculous. then i just had to make a new account all together. just ludicrous if you ask me. today i had to reset the password again. i've now tried to list darwin's rover 6 times. finally i think i may have managed to make it work, but no guarantees. it says that it has posted, but then straight up doesn't show up in the listings. no idea. so, long story short, i give up. everything else i post shows up, just not the rover. i guess it's not ready to have a new home. if you have any thoughts on why this is happening, or why craig's list refuses to let me sign in, please let me know, because i have got nothing. zilch, nada, zero....

i did however get to drive keisha on friday. i rather love driving keisha. she is big, and big. people just get out of your way. the one downside is finding parking for that beast. she has a big ole rear end and it just not compact. you have to practically park in africa and walk a gajillion miles. but i love her so. mmm french fries. that's what she smells like. after the blue plume of smoke dissipates (not so much these days...), she smells like used veggie grease, so usually french fries. and it is awesome!

last night i won our friends royal rumble pool. i won a belt. i wore it to work today...i look like a child on christmas in the photo, but i don't care because i won a belt that spins and is entirely too big!