I arrived at the farm around 6:20 this morning and decided to start things off with a nap. It was pretty wonderful. After that I drove back up to Franklin to get some cash from the bank. I need it because I want to go buy a finish mower from a guy west of Columbia. He is out of town until this evening, so hopefully I can go tomorrow or Saturday. On the way back it started raining in a Biblical sort of way. Traffic on the interstate slowed to about 25 mph and tons of people pulled off the side of the road. I stopped for about ten minutes before getting bored and continuing on. My dad was waiting for me at the farm, where it wasn’t raining yet. It looked like the storm was going to avoid us, but then it shifted directions. We went into town to the door store and Big Box Liquidation before going to the nearby steakhouse for lunch. The food was decent, but not great. It was still pouring rain as we drove back to the farm. I dropped my dad off then took the slow route back to the condo. There is a chance of rain tomorrow morning. I could see lots of flooding on my drive back. This will take quite a while to dry out.

I arrived at the farm around 6:30 this morning. It was cloudy and humid and looked like it might rain. But the big problem was that we didn’t have power. We messed with the breakers and did everything we could think of before calling the power company. I figured the area lost power because of storms last night. Well they sent a guy out and he tested and saw that we had power coming in. We had been trying to get the compressor to run, but he suggested we try another tool, and it worked. So I thought the compressor was bad and was bracing myself to buy another one. But then my dad let some air out of the tank and it kicked on. It was just full. Oh well, live and learn and look stupid. Once that issue was resolved we made some pretty good progress on the siding. It was miserably hot and I drank 1.75 gallons of Gatorade. That probably wasn’t enough. The electrician came and worked a bit but he said the plumber was in Florida. After my dad left I spent some time cleaning and organizing the job site. I think that tomorrow should be a productive day. Everything is set to get quite a bit more siding up. Fortunately they have decreased the chance of rain.