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March 27, 2005

Weekend Warrior

The following is the brutal depiction of how someone with more brains than money squeezes vineyard chores and social events into a single weekend. OK, make that someone with more tenacity than money and no brains at all...

Saturday
6:00 am - alarm goes off, get up eat breakfast, brush teeth
6:30 am - depart for Tractor Supply
7:00 am - shop for parts
7:30 am - Leesburg Starbucks, brief happy time
8:00 am - arrive at vineyard, get changed into coveralls/boots
8:05 am - fix auger
8:15 am - dig first hole. rock. $*%&%&$&*
8:20 am - dig next hole - success!!!!!
8:25 am - continue along in rapid succession with no trauma
9:45 am - quit while ahead, go home
10:00 am - grab clothes for trip
11:00 am - head to Harper's Ferry to buy gift
12:00 pm - depart for Long Island (driving)
1:00 pm - call mom and ditch Easter dinner tomorrow (Shannon will attend so it's OK) - very sad to miss dinner
3:00 pm - switch drivers (take nap)
5:45 pm - arrive party house (Lexi's parents)
7:45 pm - Lexi arrives - party ensues
Sunday
12:00 am - head to Lexi's place to sleep
12:30 am - lights out
6:30 am - wake up
6:45 am - Lexi hops in bed with Shannon to feel baby kicking - girly chat, brief happy time
7:30 am - depart for VA (driving)
11:30 am - switch drivers (take nap)
1:00 pm - arrive home, depart for vineyard
1:15 pm - continue digging, finish section
2:45 pm - realize all holes from yesterday are crooked and need re-dug to straighten
3:30 pm - finish the adjustments
3:35 pm - rain commences
3:45 pm - continue down rear left side - 5 more holes can't be dug due to rocks
4:45 pm - really raining hard, can't see
5:00 pm - reach rear part of vineyard, go 0-for-4 against the rocks and realize that I've done as much as possible with our equipment - will rent bobcat or call a pro to finish
5:30 pm - head back to house - need to fix toilet supply line so guests will have facility next weekend (supply line froze and burst in winter)
6:00 pm - solder new toilet supply line in place, turn on water and flood house (sink supply lines also burst)
6:15 pm - cut out sink supply lines and solder caps on, turn on water and flood house again (shower supply lines also burst)
6:30 pm - cut out shower supply lines, solder in hot line
6:45 pm - unable to solder in cold line as water is accumulating in the pipe preventing proper heating - bend pipe down to let water flow out and break next joint
7:00 pm - give up (no potty next weekend - tough shit...)
7:15 pm - arrive home - shower
7:30 pm - whine to wife
10:30 pm - get in bed - alarm is set for 4:30 am (have a 7:05 am flight to Toronto for business trip)

Posted by Stephen at March 27, 2005 9:09 PM