April 22, 2006

• #1 and construction work kicking my ass...

  I went home for the weekend after my little failure with the female to sulk in my room with my male and eat at this great German winery with my parents, grandparents and some other random relatives. The winery was great, good food and such, very filling...ruined my diet though. One day doesn't really matter in a diet, so it's okay, but I eat way too much. On the other hand, I lost SIX pounds!! In a single week on just eating less that is great...but a little unhealthy. I will have to eat a wee bit more next week. Anyway, a good night with good food and good family was had by all. My male wasn't quite as happy as there were bugs everywhere and he is slightly unhappy around the harmless little things. I comforted him.

  Today was hardcore. I knew my parents wanted help in building their apartment buildings. They do almost all the building themselves and they are getting old and need the help of the young. We laid tile today on the floors. I don't mean vinyl composite, this is the hardcore ceramic stuff. We had to smack mortar onto the floor and then lay tiles that weighed four pounds a piece (not much when you pick one up, but when you pick four or five up at a time over and over they get heavy). My mother's knees got very sore and her back of course, too, from all the mortar smearing. I was bending down over and over placing tile behind her, so my back and my ass are very sore, along with my fingertips, which are unused to the punishment of rubbing across the rough surface of the backs of the tile that stick in the mortar. We worked for 5.75 hours, earning me a total of 69 dollars (Ha! 69!) and, of course, the pain in my body. Overall, I am pleased, however, because I was able to subtract from my mother's pain and help them along on the things that are paying my damned tuition. I am proud.

  I must hurry to a birthday party now, so I will finish the rest of my news and comments later.

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