Memorial 2019

It is the weekend of Memorial Day so that means it is raining. 

We are closing in on the one year anniversary for starting to remodel the TV Room. 

After many weeks off, we returned to that project yesterday with some intense mudding. It has become very clear that I am a sloppy mudder. I always say that sloppy mudding is taken care of with sanding. However, sanding is very messy and in danger of causing me major respiratory damage. Plus, it is a pain in the ass.

We tried wet sanding which decreases the dust but my mudding, being sloppy, does not respond well to wet sanding. However, we soldiered on and completed the sanding in about two hours. 

Next, a third round of mudding and finding the spots that need some extra attention. There are many of them.

But, we are still trying to enjoy the three day weekend. For me, it's a four day weekend as I took Friday off. I was all set to head north and go canoeing on Friday, but the rain put the kibosh on that activity.

So I called my friend Robba and took him to lunch for his birthday.

I also took the time to rent one of the thousands of Lime Electric Scooters that are deposited all around town. I rented it for 19 minutes and it cost $6.00. It's a dollar to unlock it and then 25 cents a minutes beyond that.

It was kind of fun but an expensive form of transportation that includes no suspension whatsoever. If I were to try and take one to work, it would cost much more than driving my car, which I estimate costs me about $8.00 a day. Ten if I include insurance. $15.00 if I include maintenance. Okay...maybe I should try the Scooter. No wait! Having suspension is worth the extra cost.

We are now enjoying a little down time before we go to dinner and then a movie. And it looks like more rain is coming.