Work Work Work!

Today I had a repair job to go do down at the Beach, Manzanita Oregon to be exact. It's a short 2.5 hour drive one way. The weather wasn't all that bad so we decided to make it a family excursion. So, Crystal got up super early (before my alarm went off at 6), I feel back to sleep after the alarm went off :) and we were out the door about 7:30. After a quick stop at Sonic for breakfast and a quick trip to home depot to get a new coping saw that I forgot to grab, we were on our way at last. We pulled into their drive way at 11:00....you do the math :)

I arrived to find the following damage....




So, after looking at the chair first hand, I decided I could fix it on-site at the peoples house, and there was no need to haul it all the way home just to haul it all the way back. So, I told Crystal I'd need about an hour and she decided to take the kids down to the "main drag" in Manzanita and look around. Needless to say, if you've ever been there, there isn't much to look at. But somehow they managed to kill almost an hour. We had cell phone coverage so I was able to call her and say "I'm all done, come get me". We had originally planned to either pick up the chair and go play on the beach, or fix it and then go play on the beach, but the weather wasnt all that great, it was lunch time when I finished the chair, and Elliot was quickly running out of fuel and needed a nap. So, I finished up the chair, got the shipper to sign off on the repairs, and off to lunch we went. Found a little hole in the wall dive to get some fish and chips (what else do you eat at the beach?), Elliot a grilled cheese sandwich, of which he took 0 bites, then it was a fresh diaper for each kiddo and back in their car seats to start the drive home. Elliot slept for about an hour of it, which was wayyyy longer than I thought he would, but no where near as long as he needed. He got an early bed time and went down with little fuss. Over all, a pretty good day. I got to see the family (which is something that comes rarely these days) so I have no complaints...oh, and as for the chair? Well....