Day 33

Dec. 8, 2017
Woke up at 9am
Last night was not a very good night for me. In fact, I have not been able to sleep well for 5 straight nights now. It gets so cold it wakes me out of my sleep. Last night was especially terrible. It was all good until around 3am when the temperature went from 62 degrees down to 52 degrees in a matter of 30 minutes. This rapid temperature shift made everything in the tent condensate. Now everything became extremely wet and
even the tent roof started dripping water. I had to wait until the sun came out to dry everything before getting out of bed. Every part of me was cold and clammy. I for sure think I will be getting sick very soon.

Once I managed to get up and going I started immediately with the plywood. My wife is going to murder me one of these days as I managed to forget to eat once again. I wanted so badly to get this floor finished that I didn’t eat anything after noon. But, there is a reason for my rush. The sooner the floor is finished, the sooner I can move up to the platform and off the ground. Since the floor to the home is 6ft off the ground, this should help a lot with the moisture situation.

Unfortunately, laying 3/4 in. tongue and groove plywood by yourself can be a real challenge. Not so much physically exhausting, as it is, trying to be in two places at once. In order for the grooves to line up, one must stand on the incoming board to line up with the previous board. Then it is hit with a very large hammer onto a piece of wood connected to the plywood as to not damage the tongues. This ensures that the board goes in evenly and all the way. These two locations being about 4 ft apart from each other which leaves me in a bit of a pickle. My solution was to load up the tool bags and place them on top of the box of nails to the spots that needed holding down. This seemed to do the trick, however, it takes a bit longer, and I only managed to get half the platform done
today because of this. No worries, I will finish this tomorrow and hopefully have the tent moved by this Sunday. This will guarantee a nice easy path all the way to the home from the road for the next few deliveries as there is no camping setup to maneuver around. I will be over the moon if this happens, as lugging all of those materials across this property has proven to be a bit of a nightmare. But what’s done is done, and on to a better tomorrow.