Saturday, August 19, 2006

My arms hurt, and they hurt bad


So today was construction day. The fence went up. Of course, most of you know that when it comes to tools and building I am not the best. I am really learning, as most people do. I can do electrical for the most part (save for the little kitchen incident...but I digress). Anyways, I headed outside and it was time to get working. I started my day with a pretty basic (that means easy) job. I was the board holder. Yep, I passed the boards to those who were hammering them in. This lasted maybe half an hour and once a couple of sections were up I moved on to my new job. Hammerer. I don't even know if that is a proper word but that's what I did. As the boards were being put up only 2 nails were being in, one on the top and one in the bottom. I was responsible for going along and adding another nail into the top and the bottom. This does not seem hard or tasking but let me tell you right now my arms ache. I am like an old man. I also have pain across my shoulders. Clearly I am not made out for physical labour. Anyways, the fence looks awesome. We are talking about putting lights on some of the posts. That will really top the neighbours fences.

Besides that, not too much else new. I really want to see "Snakes on a Plane" but the commercials disturb me so I probably won't. I probably would not sleep for weeks after it but it looks so darn entertaining.

I am off now to take an Advil Liqui-Gel and go to bed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sorry you had to participate in some hard labour, but I'm just glad to FINALLY see another blog!