Sometimes, It's Ok...

There are, to be honest, some days at work that are better and worse. However, this was a good one: a colleague and I got to spend a day putting finishing touches on the wall mockup at the company office that we built in August. So we basically spent a day getting out our tool belts and gear, and working outside on a nice autumn day. I was very happy that I finally got to try out my miter saw stand (it's at the left in the picture)--I've owned it since before I left for grad school, and it has been languishing in my parents' basement for years.


I had not done carpentry with this coworker before, so it was nice to learn that we work together pretty well. Like me, he spent some time supporting himself by being a carpenter, doing the odd kitchen remodel; he also spent time on various crews, doing everything from framing to lumping materials around the jobsite. He came equipped with a set of tools as complete as mine, so it was nice doing a job without the step of stopping, swapping tools, getting them back, etc.

Although it was cloudy all day as we were working, I kept yelling, "Don't rain!" at the sky, and it actually only started to drizzle down as we were packing up. Nice.


Yeah, I know it looks like we're putting an addition on to the house in this photo.

It was a good reminder that I miss doing this type of work. I think about my ideal retirement plan (load up a truck with my tools and drive around the country fixing up the houses of my friends), and wonder if I should perhaps put this plan into action sooner than later. I can't imagine my body will get better-suited to hauling planks up and down a scaffold with time.