General: August 2003 Archives

Its August 25 and I woke this morning with a "this is the first day of the rest of your life" kind of feeling. Today, the early morning air was cool and autumn like, foreshadowing the sweater weather to come. It felt good to wrap myself around a hot cup of tea and watch the sun's appearance as it hit the buildings across the river - making them shiny and copper.

I just spent the last two days redoing the roof of my apartment (again). But this time I made sure to do a proper job, complete with 5 gallon cans of tar and 125lb rolls of roofing paper that had to be carried up the ladder and through the escape hatch. In the past, I had only patched the roof here or there and as a result, encouraged the water to move to new leaks here or there. Now there's a completely redone surface and my living room will hopefully remain dry.

It was backbreaking work and I truly felt age for the first time in my life. But, even though I was physically exhausted, I just couldn't sleep past 5AM today.

I think I'll make another cup of tea, pop on up to the roof to inspect the splendid job I did and ponder over what it all means.