Descent Into Darkness

Around this time of year is what I have called the descent into darkness.  It has been happening ever since the summer solstice, but right around now it becomes very noticeable.   It’s that time when you notice that the days are really getting short.  It’s dark in the morning, it gets dark early in the evening, and eventually it just seems to always be dark.  When I was working there came a point where I would go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.    It’s one of the downsides of living in the North.

I feel for the Canadians.  Their entire country is north of the 45th parallel.

Today it was particularly noticeable because it was our first rainy day since we’ve been here.  We were starting to get used to abundant sunshine every day.  Then, bam! Cooler and raining.

So it was good that today’s work was mostly indoors.

We were going to start laying the carpet squares but the HVAC guys were there installing a new furnace, and that would be just too many people occupying the back corner of the double-wide.  So we went to the N house and installed blinds.  And then installed light fixtures.  Seems like nearly everywhere I go I end up installing light fixtures.

Deb and Sharon continued to make curtains for the N house.  It was kind of a rare time when we were working in the same place at the same time and I could get a picture.

The HVAC guys left at noon because of the rain, so Steve and I carried supplies into the room to be carpeted and started laying things out.  Neither of us have ever laid carpet squares before and it seems fairly simple but it took some thinking and some conversation to figure out how we were going to approach this and which corner of the room to start laying the carpet.  By the time we were done planning and ready to start slathering the glue, it was a half hour before quitting time so we figured we would start in the morning and knocked off a half hour early.

Seems like this happens frequently on these projects: taking on a task that you’ve never done before.  A lot of the time, another person in the group has done it before,  but, if not, you just have to figure it out as you go.  And it usually works out.