Unachievable Balance

Lately I have been having a hard time getting the right balance of things... I feel like it is one of the tests of the world in which most folks are pulling a consistent C, maybe C+. Or maybe that is just my perspective, but due to the fairly recent onslaught of energy drinks and their growing sizes in ounces (liquid crack) I am willing to bet I am on to something here.

I get morning emails from a site called Steepandcheap, occasionally I get something from there but this mornings email really sums up one of my recent thoughts...How timely....

"When other people go on weekend trips they return to work on Monday feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. This is not the case for me. If I'm visiting friends, then Monday is the second half of two days of complete exhaustion that can only come with staying up until 4am and getting in a fight with some guy who pulled your tie. If I've gone camping or traveling, then I'm exhausted from walking too far and planning my return flight for 4am Monday to give me a few extra hours outside. The only time I feel relaxed after a weekend is if I do nothing, but then I just feel guilty for wasting my weekend. You can't win. You either have to quit work or work all the time."

Riding Lately

Today I rode into what I thought would be the perfect storm. Yesterday I decided that if I was going to wait out the weather each evening I would never get on my bike this August. So I went for it and came out unscathed.

Today as I headed west I waited for the colossal downpour. I knew it was coming but I was ready for it. It was not going to stop me. A sprinkle! That’s all I got the whole ride. So two days in a row…I am going to get back on this.

By the way, I can’t blame it all on the weather. I happened to get this recently….

It’s my new form of transportation and has thwarted my riding plans on more than one occasion. It has also been a ton of fun.

Today I remembered this...and laughed

A while ago I was at my job on a boring day and decided it would be funny to convince my friend to wear a motorcycle helmet for two hours for a lovely Chipotle burrito. He did it and it was worth the $6.34 fer sher. Our boss didn't think it was as funny as I did but I convinced him otherwise. I said, "you will think this is funny" and then.....he thought it was funny. Wow, look at that computer. I don't think we have any of those around anymore.

Roof

This past weekend my father-in-law was nice enough to come with me and put another weekend in on the cabin. I had a rough week of work but I was still excited to get up there and do more work on the weekend. We got the roof all done including all the overhangs, open soffit and fascia boards. Now it is ready for the finish material - corrugated galvalume. Here are some more pictures of the progress.

Barn Raising - Day 3 (Done for the weekend)

And so the work continued. By the end of the day we had all the walls up, the roof rafters in and most of the sheathing on the walls. Once again, an impossible feat without the help of those who came out. Next time the roof overhangs will go on as well as hopefully the sub-roof....closing the puppy up. Oh and finishing up the wall sheathing.Kind of hard to see through the trees but you get the idea...

Fourth of July

We went into Crested Butte on the day of the Fourth for the parade. We have been multiple times in the past but I was blown away by all the people there this time around. I feel like it has never been that crowded before. It was an entertaining time though. After the parade I had to sit at a picnic bench and work on a paper while everyone else cruised around but it was beautiful out so I wasn't too bummed out.

In the evening, we went back to Gunnison to watch the weirdest firework show ever. I can't even explain. Pretty cool but totally drawn out. One of those where you could take detailed notes on each firework. Ja took some pics though so here are a couple.

Barn Raising - Day 2

On the second day we were held up a little bit at the lumber yard picking up the final big load of lumber for the project but once we got up the mountain we made some good progress. The loft floor took longer than planned but it turned out really nice...at least the underside. The actual finished floor won't go in for some time.
We also got some of the sheathing up and a couple more walls.