Backstage

Its just killing me...

Here it is Friday night, and I should have had dinner, and at least one beer, and most likely be playing foosball right now... Instead?... I'm sitting at home after a long and rather frustrating day... The nightmare has commenced... Let me just give you a hint of what its been like so far...

• We're way past deadlines, and I still don't have complete plans, or anything to show me how to paint this set.


• Yesterday, the lumber slid off the delivery truck, knocking over and spilling 10 gallons of paint, plus I have a gaping hole in the shop bathroom and it also destroyed a $700 paint sprayer.


• We started building the decking for the show as that was the least likely thing to change, so after we had finished all the platforms for the first level, the powers that be, decided to get rid of that level and drop everything down that 6 inches... They're still paying me for that level, but I'd rather have the two days back more than the money...


• My best carpenter has been moving over the past couple days, so he's not around much...


• My partner had an unavoidable commitment today, so he was gone all day...


• The fuel in my truck froze again last night...


• The breaker that I had my truck's engine heater plugged into last night tripped, so after I got the fuel back to a liquid, the engine was too cold to start...


• The kitchen closed at my usual pub before I was able to get there, so I'm stuck eating a loaf of bread that I had at home. (yea, I could go someplace else, but I look like I just crawled through a 2 mile dirt and sawdust filled ditch, so that would require a shower first, and then back out into this miserable weather)

How's that for 2 days?... I can't wait untill this build is over... Sheesh...