Soffit to me.

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I arrived on the Mountain just after ten last night. My mother was still up so we chatted for a bit and then I spent a bit of time on my phone before going to sleep. I woke up pretty early this morning but tried to sleep some more, so didn’t get out of bed until after eight. I made breakfast and then my dad and I went to work at the house. It was a little bit of a slow start but then we got to cranking on the soffit. It wasn’t fun to be up on a ladder again, but after several hour of hot and sweaty work we got it done. My dad did some caulking and replaced window sashes while I ran a couple of errands. After he called it a day I worked for another hour or so, loading unused cedar onto the trailer and putting up the tools. Hopefully tomorrow will be another productive day. I returned to the cottage and showered, and then we went to dinner at Papa Ron’s. We ate on the terrace and their service was back to normal, that is to say delightfully apathetic. After dinner I drove first to Green’s View, then to the back side of campus, which was closed off, then finally to Lake O’Donnell where I photographed the fireflies again. I just processed he photos and am not terribly happy with them. I will try again tomorrow evening.

Lots of quality outside time.

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Luke and I went to the park in Spring Hill just after breakfast and stayed for nearly three hours. He played in the creek and saw lots of dogs walking by. So he had a wonderful time. After lunch we both napped. Liz got off work a little early, so when we woke up he had snack and we went to the nature park for a nice walk. Luke again had a great time. Upon returning I packed up the car and trailer in order to head to the mountain. We had dinner, Luke went to bed, Liz and I chatted for a bit, and now I am about to drive up to the cottage.

Rain day.

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I didn’t go to bed until after three this morning, so it was a real struggle to get up when I needed to. It was rainy so Luke and I played indoors with Legos and read books. The morning actually went by surprisingly quickly. I napped when he did although I didn’t feel too rested after. This evening I went to Kroger. It wasn’t crowded at all.

A little more productive.

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I didn’t fall asleep until close to four this morning, but didn’t really sleep past eight, and that was fitful. I took trash to the dump and ran into Kent as well as my neighbor Bob. I took more stuff to the storage unit and brought my trailer to the house. There I loaded it up with scrap wood and drainage pipe. I organized and cleaned more, ripped down the boards for the soffit, and installed the cabinet trim. I also started ripping down trim for the bathrooms. Things are getting pretty close, and that is a good feeling. Early this afternoon storms arrived, so I packed up and returned to the cottage, where I cleaned a little, washed dishes, and packed up. The drive home was a little wet but otherwise uneventful. I came through Fayetteville and Lewisburg and arrived just before dinner time. It was great to see Luke, who was in a good mood after having spent the day with my parents. We ate, then it was bath time, then bed time. I didn’t get to play with him much, but will get to a lot over the next three days. This evening I did manage to mess with last night’s firefly pictures, and the preliminary result is below.