The day started out again with rain, a lot of rain. The decking did not commence until 1:00.
It had been a long night. The husband didn't sleep well, he was going over stabilization options in his head. The sway of the deck was troubling. I think baby girl must have been worried about the deck too as she decided to get up 2 times something that she hasn't done for weeks.
So waking up to the rain was a bit frustrating. The husband was ready to go sore muscles and sleep deprivation be damned.
(Note the whale kneeling pad that we use when we bath baby girl...hey sometimes you need to improvise)
It was a lofty goal.
It was fun to see more and more of the deck put together. It really started to look like a deck. In addition a wonderful thing happened. It was very clear about halfway through that the addition of the boards was in fact stabilizing the wobble a ton. While the husband may still put a couple of angle supports on they are probably not necessary. It is pretty solid.
They worked until 9:00. They got really close to finishing up the deck boards.
This small gap is all that remains.
The husband is going to work on the remaining deck boards and the stairs this week. Leaving only the railing (which we still need to decide on) for this long Memorial Day weekend.
The new goal is to be able to sit out on the deck on Memorial day and enjoy some BBQ. There is a bunch of work left to do in order to make that happen. Including me doing some shopping for patio furniture.
We haven't been doing a great job of meeting time lines recently so we will see. We may be eating BBQ sitting on a deck with no railings and no chairs but at least we will have a deck.
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