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Test shade v2 is up on the roof. 10x20, EMT frame, 80% shade cloth, corners strapped down to cinder blocks since I can't stake a roof. Gusted to 28 last night and it held. Didn't sleep. But it held. Cut the corner gussets out of scrap plywood in the shop at class. Instructor asked what piece of furniture it was for. Told him a desert. My ex says it sounds like a ship at night. It's fine. 🙃 Question. Is 1 inch EMT overkill for a 10x20 or is 3/4 enough. Asking for me.

It's 2:47 a.m. and Rudy decided the furnace kicking on was an intruder, so here we are. Everyone else is asleep: Gary, both kids (who are grown and live here again, which is a whole other post), and now Rudy, who woke me up and went right back to sleep, which is also exactly what my mother used to do. I've been home from the burn for five weeks. I keep washing tea mugs that are already clean. My therapist says re-entry and the layoff are "stacking," which is a good word for it. The severance runs out at the end of November and then it's COBRA, and I opened the COBRA letter at the kitchen…