Category: culture

And we might have nice weather for it, as we’re getting our overdue rain now… At least a little bit of rain. In different parts of Houston there were different amounts of moisture from the sky yesterday. The ground didn’t really stay wet, and my wipers didn’t get a workout, but there were some drops, and some puddles. Temps were mild but humidity was high. More today wouldn’t be bad if it meant great weather on Halloween.

Did several hours of volunteering yesterday morning. I think were finally in a place where everything should work, and I’ve already addressed the issues from their first rehearsal. I followed that up with a huge loop to do pickups, ending at my shop. Unloaded some stuff there and poked at a couple of things. Came home to an empty house. Everyone came home a bit later but I saw them for less than 5 minutes. Oh well.

Today I’ll start with audio work, then do a quick pickup, and maybe some material buying, and then back to school for the afternoon rehearsal. I expect to have some conflict with the assistant director about levels. There is only so much loud before the pain and feedback and I intend to keep it below that point. She seems to want MOR SOUND! 24 mics open on stage. Yeah. More noise and more painful screeching, and then figure in the feedback….

I’m hoping to have Friday clear. There are a couple of things I still want to get done that I haven’t had time for with the volunteering.

I did add to the stacks with some of my last round of pickups. And I’ll keep adding, but I’ll be engaging with the world around me too.

nick

Cool in the morning and at night, and mostly very pleasant during the day. Yesterday proved that the sun can still broil my brain and pink my skin. Noontime sun was brutal. Hoping for more today. We could use a bit of rain though.

Did my pickup, and the kid’s event. Did some clean up and some more Halloween decor. I can keep moving if I alternate tasks. It’s not as efficient as just knuckling down, but it helps me keep some momentum going.

Today I’ll visit my buddy’s new store and start working on a plan for cameras. I’m thinking I’ll re-use his old system for part of the building and upgrade the retail areas to 4K with good night vision and full motion, full time recording. I might even suggest a third system with only a couple of hidden cams as backup to a sophisticated attacker. We’ll see.

Then it’s back to the list and keep nibbling away at it. Gotta keep the momentum in the coming week, which will be filled with some time sensitive things like work for my client and volunteering at the middle school. All that in addition to my normal life. It’s a great life by any measure, but it can be demanding.

Stack, work, live.

nick

Kid has an outdoor event so hopefully today will be like the rest of the week. Mild, sunny, and warm in the afternoon. That pretty much sums up the last several days. Still, it’s Houston so the cool is a damp cool and the hot is sweaty.

I did get some things done yesterday. Did my pickup. Made a run through Costco for school lunch snacks, Holloween candy, and some lunch meat snacks for me. Did some work on the cart. Heat is good for shaping the plastic sheet I’m using to replace the burnt up bodywork, but it’s some sort of slick thermoplastic not the PVC foam based sheet I thought it was. It will not glue with plumbing solvent. That means it’s not ABS or PVC. I’ll have to use a different glue or maybe mechanical fasteners, or maybe both. The Sikaflex panel adhesive I ordered SHOULD stick to it, and the plastic the cart body is made of. I’ll find out today if I’m lucky or not.

Plan for today is get up early and drive west to Fulshear for a pickup. It’s stuff for my hobby sale and for the BOL. Then drive two hours east to the other side of Houston for the kid’s event. If they do well, they are stuck there until midnight or 1am. Home around 2am at the latest. That’s a long day for the kids with about 14 hours of sitting around waiting. I almost wish they wouldn’t do well so they could be home around 7 or 8pm.

I’ll be coming home after the first thing, as I’d rather drive hours than sit for 6 and THEN find out I need to drive home anyway. It’s all to make it easier for the district, it really should be two separate days.

In between, I’ll try to do some more decorating, or work on the cart, or work at the shop.

Just keep swimming.

And stacking.
nick

And again, I’m hoping that the beautiful days continue. We did get into the low 90sF yesterday, and it was mostly clear and sunny. Light breezes kept it nice all day. More please.

Did auction stuff in the morning, then worked on my golf cart project. Made a lot of progress on the body work. I decided that having a big hole in the side was bad, considering that it kept the fire to a limited area in the first place. If I screw up and there is another fire, having it contained by the body seems prudent. With that in mind, and because it’s definitely easier without the controls in place, I moved it up the list. I want the structure there, even if I save the cosmetics for after it is a moving cart.

I also made a run to my shop, taking some stuff to sell and some stuff to scrap. Stuff is leaving the house, and eventually leaving the shop, which is a good thing.

Other than that, I can’t recall what else I did, even though I was busy and awake all day. Sometimes it be that way.

Today I’ll continue as I have been. We’ll see what gets done.

Work. Stack.

nick

Cool and sunny, warm later. Lower humidity. Like yesterday. It did get hot in the late afternoon, but was pleasant and mild most of the day. 73F at 930pm. I’d like more of the same.

Spent the morning getting the HVAC guys going, and then doing a pickup. 3 sets of rolling Metro ™ shelves for the shop. Came home and napped for a bit, before heading back out for the HVAC finish and the second pickup. Didn’t get much else done as I was tired.

Today I have no plan. I’m sure I’ll do the things, but nothing on the calendar. WAS going to maybe turn money into noise, but the range is closed all day. Perhaps I’ll move several projects along. Not interested in tempting fate with a plan.

Sometimes, you just gotta stack and have faith.
n