Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Day Four-It's Pouring


It rained nearly all day today, starting when we got up and its still going on now. There was a brief time this morning where we thought it was going to clear up, but soon the buckets came pouring down.

During that time, Conor and Garratt went outside to work more on the roof, where we actually used math outside of a classroom(!!) I used the Pythagorean Theorem to figure out how long to cut the soffit for the roof (see the house and my "math block" below).





However, once it started to rain again, we had to go inside, so Conor and Garratt never even got to cut their soffit (we were also informed that none of us are liable to be more than seven feet off the ground). We had also finished the framing inside, which has to be inspected before the drywall can go up, so we were relocated to a new house (below), where Michael, Meadow and I taped near the ceiling so we can paint it tomorrow, Conor and Garratt cut baseboard and Milady and Molly nailed the baseboard to the walls.


Our new house is a lot further along than our old one: all the drywall is up and painted and the plumbing and electrical work is done, but the floors still need the be finished, doors need to be hung and there's a few paint jobs to do too. I like our new work site, but I'm gonna miss Frank :)

And don't worry, Michael and Erin, I'm practicing my gymnastics while I'm out here (see my new profile picture) We even passed a gymnastics school on the way to work today!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whats the name of the gymnastics school?

The WordSmith from Nantucket said...

Julia,

I'm embarrassed to say that all the algebra, geometry, and trig I had in high school are faded into distant memory. I admire you for being able to apply the Pythagorean Theorem to real-world usage.

And don't worry, Michael and Erin, I'm practicing my gymnastics while I'm out here (see my new profile picture)

Gee whiz...maybe you should construct a built-in chin up bar for each house, while you're at this? Maybe across one of the door frames?

Julia said...

No, I can't remember the name, I wish I had gotten a pic, though...

And I tumbled a bit in the playard with this guy who does parkour, it was pretty cool.

Anonymous said...

And I tumbled a bit in the playard with this guy who does parkour, it was pretty cool.

Sveet. I assume your ankle feels better then?

Julia said...

yeah, but I'm not going to front tumble until i try it on floor first