It’s been a quiet week. I usually take a day off riding on the weekend. I decided to take off Saturday on the theory that forecasters could forecast the weather a day ahead. Bad move. I’ll still get a shorter ride in today.

We had the Greek food truck yesterday (very good Gryros). We have a Korean food truck coming Wednesday. We haven’t had this food truck before, but guess what? They feature grilled meat. Suprise! Anyway it’s an excuse to have dinner with other adults. There’s a neighborhood party Friday (bad hamburgers and good conversation). We won’t be going. They’re still doing these outdoors, due to the number of new COVID cases. We have an outdoor area with heaters, but it’s not large enough, so they’ll be using an outdoor area without heaters. The forecast is for 50s and showers. We have to pay in advance. It doesn’t sound like a ton of fun.

The construction crew is coming. Our porch and deck are cleared for action. Anticipation is building about the forthcoming demolition. I might get an unanticipated benefit. I painted the downstairs deck with oil based paint. That was a mistake that can’t be corrected. One can’t paint latex over oil. It turns out the crew will have to completely remove the deck boards. I get two benefits. First, I never figured out what keeps the deck from sliding down the hill. Now I’ll be able to see what the previous owner did. That could be good, that could be bad. We’ll see. Either way, I’ll finally know. The other thing is that the construction foreman said that when they reassemble the deck, they can put the floor boards upside down. I will be able to paint raw wood with latex paint. Yea!