Well…damn, it was hot outside today…and, like an idiot, I chose today to paint the last two awnings just to get them finished…and that was after I did 20 miles on the bike to start the day…started on the awnings at 9 and kept busy until almost 1:30 until I was done…by the time I finished, everything I was wearing was soaked…all the way down to my shoes and I am beat up from it…and I really struggled while I was doing it at times….having to stop to get some water 3 or 4 times and to take a breather when I just couldn’t go up that damn ladder again….my feet didn’t fare too well and I am expecting that the gout will flare after all the abuse today but it was worth it to get the job done…now I just need to figure out how to get the last one down so I can take it apart to paint it…man, I just feel used up right now but I am going to celebrate finishing by having a cocktail or two tonight…I think I’ve earned it….texted photos of the before and after to my son and daughter in law and my daughter in law replied that she loves what I did to them…I do think they look much more modern…oh, and one funny thing that I noticed today is that the ladders I’m using have paint on them from the last time they were painted probably 40 years ago….and now they have paint on them from this time…pretty funny…I wonder if the ladders will last til the next time? I’ll be dead and gone by then….