Rammy

Today, we worked! We stood all of the trusses up and connected them together. They are leveled off and the gable end is connected on one end. We have one truss at the correct height and welded to the wall. That leaves us with the five other trusses to find the correct height for & weld, connect the far end gable and weld on the remaining purlins (horizontal strapping). That will finish the skeleton of the structure. Things went well enough, although the heat did have an impact. We started the day wondering how to get up on the gable end to work, so I just clambered on up and straddled the wall. I had the safety team on my back wondering where my harness was, but I informed them I didn’t want such hindrances. 😜 Several times in my life I’ve been informed that I can be a bit rammy. Meaning I charge head long into things without regard or crash and bash into things as I work. Today was a day where I excelled in in this trate. Hopping up to sit on a six inch wall 20 feet up was merely the beginning. Towards the end of the day the heat and fatigue was setting in on our team. I started getting rammy again. My eagerness to finish could have been mistaken for rudeness and I hope my team could forgive me. I have a tendency to just bowl over people in my persuit to just do it myself. This rammyness probably peaked on the way home when the Tap Tap we ride in broke down on our way home. The engine kept stalling and instead of revving the engine up to burn some carbon out, Durand was trying to keep his RPM’s low. So standing on the side of the road with a broke down truck I finally said, here let me drive. I wound up the engine and laid some rubber. I kept it in first the whole way and made sure the rpms didn’t drop. That was fun! That whole drive how you want thing, I’m really starting to like. I could see people standing on the side of the road pointing and laughing. Maybe they were laughing that I was driving a Tap Tap or maybe it was the way I was driving, but I didn’t care. I was having fun. We arrived back at the hotel safe & sound, and found Dan and Byron making themselves at home. Had a relaxing evening and now it’s off to bed. 

The Lord is working on me in regards to this subject. And I know he is working with our team to help finish the project. Any off to bed I’m exhausted.