finding a groove where there is no groove

Solar dehydrator building challenge day one. Despite a lack of proper tools and only having materials that aren't exactly by the book, I am happy to report that the solar dehydrator construction project is well under way. Six of the 12 needed legs have been sawed, all of the side panels were measured and cut, and front and back panels are nearly done for our first model. Also achieved the miracle of getting the right kind of sandpaper so that I can sand the aluminum sheeting before painting it black.

One thing that struck me today is how acquiring every little piece for the endless projects that arise takes more patience than I've learned to muster thus far. Availability of and access to required items is often a journey. What one plans to achieve in one day may take a week and a half. What one plans to do tomorrow, may not happen until the middle of next week, or really maybe not at all.

Taking care of 10 puppies is having me seriously reconsider real motherhood. And I'm not even the one nursing. Ha! They get breakfast before me in the morning. If they cry I can hear them from my office and go running to see who has fallen out of the house, who's hungry, who's gotten stuck under the house and who is just making noise for the sake of making noise.

Also under my belt today was the destruction of a wasp's nest that was directly over my desk, a gigant-o loaf of banana bread successfully baked, a walk to the milk shop down the street from work, a hand beaded belt purchased from the women's program, and a field visit planned for tomorrow.

I think my sinuses are filled with sawdust. Going to sleep hard tonight, I hope.