Never ride a Harley further than your willing to walk back.

I'm so far past tired that this post qw.meroehcvohyvo.

I was up my normal Sunday stoopid early and the first part of the day went normally. OK, I was a little extra juiced for the morning's services because I was dialed into both hours' topics. So by the time we were done with our Foundations hour I was a bit beyond my normal exhaustion.

The family went off to lunch but I swapped vehicles with Josh so I'd have the truck. Came directly home to hook up the loaded trailer and get Ilsa's body hauled out to the painter. My normal 50' or so from our driveway I reached up to hit the button for the garage door opener...
I'm driving Josh's truck so there is no garage door opener button. No problem; I'll use the key on my key ring and go through the house.
That would be the key ring that Josh has with the keys to my Kia.

I called Pam and she came right home, arriving 30 minutes later. Then I couldn't get the tongue of the trailer to latch... Grrr.

An hour after I'd planned to leave I was finally on the road headed west, the body of a '62 VW in the rear view mirror. And an hour after that I pulled into Pat's driveway.
Oh my!

Pat is an artisan in the original sense of that term. He doesn't look the part but I could tell 15 minutes after meeting him that he's a true craftsman. And a perfectionist. I'm excited to see what I get back. He said it should take about six weeks. He'll take it down to the factory prime, fix every imperfection, and then paint and clear coat. He "looked" at it with his hand and showed me little tiny dents I had totally missed. He pointed out where previous body work had been done (poorly) which is why the body-to-door gaps aren't even all the way around the door's edge.

What a nice guy. I was there two hours and he talked pretty much the whole time, but I learned a TON. He's not only a wizard at body work but he builds engines, too. He showed me a couple of big block Chevy engines he's built for project cars guys have hired him to do. He's building a custom motorcycle from the ground up. And he does all this in a shop with every imaginable piece of metal working equipment. More welders than I could count, an English wheel, metal lathe, cutters....

I didn't get home until 5:30 and I'm bushed. By the time I left Pat's the wind was near 40 mph which added a little extra excitement to the drive. But I'm home and as soon as The Andy Griffith Show is done I'm headed for bed.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to Josh and Aubri's house to put in a 3/0 exterior door to replace the 6' slider he'll have out by then. That will give them an extra 3' of space for kitchen cabinets. If I don't get some serious sleep between now and then that installation could go seriously wrong. Think door that opens up.