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Friday, October 15, 2004

Short Week/Long Week

Due to fall break, we've only had a three day week here at the College. Yet, the week has seemed pretty long right up until today. I guess my brain thinks it's still Wednesday and with all the stuff I've had to get caught up on I've been really rushed.

The project did come together though I'm hoping a lesson was learned about trying to remove paint from wooden objects in a 116 year old house. If they painted it the first time, they might have had a good reason. Even if they didn't, old paint is really, really persistent stuff. If we had had several months to "restore" the old baseboard to their "original" condition (that is assuming they weren't painted from the get go) the process would likely have been a great success but a four day weekend wasn't enough time.

It looks like some of the outside on the house work was successful. We had a windy, rainy evening and none of the leaks reappeared so we may have dealt with those issues. Of course, in doing so we found other issues we'll have to deal with so I guess the neverending battle against age and deterioration continues.

This weekend I'll be doing some riding down in south Alabama and the Florida panhandle. The original plan was to take part in an organized century ride but the ride didn't get any riders so it looks like I'll be sort of doing my own thing and meeting folks at a beach house in Destin. It'll be interesting to see how the trip goes as that area was pretty beat up by Ivan and I'm not sure how well it has recovered. I'm a bit surprised that there was a place in Destin to go hang out in but I'm not complaining about a trip to the beach, even if I have to ride a hundred miles to get it.

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