Alas as the rain keeps pouring down on Northeastern Illinois, I have been ferrying drywall to my house. This week I began drywalling the unfinished side of the garage. It was quite the task; since I left for school last fall that wall seems to have become a magnet for items.
The task took longer than I thought. I didn't expect quite so much stuff to move, and I was only permitted to transport 3 sheets of rock at a time because my mom feared my truck couldn't handle more. True my brothers don't take care of her sensative needs like I did when I drove her, but she still has the spunk to transport a load. Regardless, the same cashier at Home Depot (plug) rang me up all three times I was there, and probably thought I was an idiot for not getting all 7 sheets at once.
The finished product is marvelous though. I also took a trip to pick up new shelving to help organize, and despite my not perfect drywalling (I didn't make it perfect because we aren't taping, mudding, or painting it), it looks amazing the way it is organized.
Shifting gears today I get to see my best friend and the most amazing girl in the world. Initial plans had been boating, but with a chance of thunderstorms all day, the plan changed to bowling today, while I was typing this entry. Boating has been moved to Sunday now, so all is good there.
I am going to go now and take an axe to the dresser that I removed from the garage yesterday to replace with the metal shelving. Then I am going to throw it on the burn pit and have a massive fire! It's okay though, my brother is a firefighter....
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
My first Saturday home
Last night's storm was crazy. The ditches at the bottom of my street were filled with rainwater up to the road. The creek down the road has risen several feet, and the water is rushing faster than I have ever seen it go this far into the summer. After the ice on the lake melts, the creek rises, but never in the summer like this.
Today I met up with friends that I haven't seen in a while. First in Woodstock and then in Johnsburg. Went bowling, bowling a 100, 108, and then an 86. So much for improving every game. After bowling I watched Insidious with my friend. Scary movie. I am not one for scary movies, but I watched. And I freaked out. Horror movies and spiders have always been my Achilles heel.
I visited the restaurant I worked at through high school. It was like I never left. Except for the few new hires whom I had never met and were asking where some supplies could be found. Figures.
Tomorrow I get to go to church at my home parish for the first time in a while. It will be nice. My folks will be home after mass. There goes the peace of being in the house alone with my dogs Sadie and Scooper- a black and yellow lab respectively.
And the good news: less than a week before I see two special people in my life! They are somewhere in Colorado right now as they drive from California!
Today I met up with friends that I haven't seen in a while. First in Woodstock and then in Johnsburg. Went bowling, bowling a 100, 108, and then an 86. So much for improving every game. After bowling I watched Insidious with my friend. Scary movie. I am not one for scary movies, but I watched. And I freaked out. Horror movies and spiders have always been my Achilles heel.
I visited the restaurant I worked at through high school. It was like I never left. Except for the few new hires whom I had never met and were asking where some supplies could be found. Figures.
Tomorrow I get to go to church at my home parish for the first time in a while. It will be nice. My folks will be home after mass. There goes the peace of being in the house alone with my dogs Sadie and Scooper- a black and yellow lab respectively.
And the good news: less than a week before I see two special people in my life! They are somewhere in Colorado right now as they drive from California!
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