Priming

I had planned to start drawing the grid yesterday, but by the time I got home (from breakfast with Lia and Alanna, discount movie shopping, and a stop in Belle Vernon.) It was around 1:00 and very hot. So I could work Sunday morning, I went to 4:30 mass and got to work a little after 5:00.

I got to Perry with Dad around 8:00 Sunday morning, but after about fifteen minutes I realized I needed sunscreen, a chalk line, and a better ruler. I tried using tape to mark off every foot, then switched to just using chalk every 2 feet along the bottom. Then I rode the lift up, measured and made the same marks along the top. I dropped down the chalk line to Dad and it worked pretty well. Starting near the top, I marked off the horizontal grid lines and began the perimeter of the design in chalk while Dad got the primer from home and brought up some lunch.'

Though it was hot, a little before noon the building started to cast a shadow just long enough to cover the area we were working in. There was a comfortable breeze, but when I was almost at the roof I wasn’t sure if it was such a good idea to be up that high. Apparently if the wind speed is over 15 mph it’s not safe, but I think it was around 7.

While I finished marking off the upper right-hand corner, Dad started priming at the bottom left. Then I moved the lift over to the left and continued up from what he’d done, leaving him to get the bottom right. We had to stop at 2:00 so I could get home to shower before work at 3:00.

I was surprised at how quickly we got started. When the lift was delivered on Wednesday, I had said that the earliest possible day we would start priming would be Sunday, and at the time I was counting Saturday as a work day. I actually thought it was unrealistic to plan having the area primed before leaving for Baltimore on June 30th.

Hours worked: 6
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