Sometimes things just wear out.

I was just reading my last post, and this one kinda starts out the same as the last.  The last day and a half has been very interesting indeed.

Friday I decided that the side of the house nearest my bedroom looks horrible.  When my outside salesman told me to get the hell out of the office on Friday, I jumped.  And had some of the siding torn off the house by the time my roommate made it home.

I've been looking at that corner of the house since I bought it four years ago, and just kinda let it go until something drastic came up.  Well, the corner trim separated from the brick on the adjoining wall, and when I took off the trim to look under, it did not look good.  At all.

So I decided that I would take on the project myself, replacing the siding on the house on three sides to start.  It's actually about six hundred square feet of surface area or so, and encompasses some 14 foot high siding, some on roofline, five windows and a door.

So by Saturday afternoon, we had all the siding peeled off the house, less some areas heavily nailed and screwed (and whoever thought screwing siding to get it to lay down and painting over it can go to hell).  Discoveries included totally rotted through window trim, an electrical outlet literally stapled to the old siding (no electrical box to speak of anywhere) a totally rotten inside wall corner (with the splices funneling water into the wall), absolutely no drip edge, and covered in disintegrating tar paper.

The siding in the front part of the house (that you can see from the street) looks in really good shape in comparison.  I don't plan to touch that siding in its current configuration.

I'm replacing wood siding with Hardie plank.  I'm having to do some things to take care of the extra 3/4 inch of surface to match the windows, which I probably would replace if I was going to stay here, but with my current plans that probably isn't worth it.  The siding probably wasn't worth it either, but it needed to be done.

One thing that I didn't plan on was my computer motherboard giving up the ghost on the same day that I decided to rip off the siding of the house.  But, I do now own a processor that was approximately 8 times faster than before, have four times as much ram as I had before, and my computer stays running for more than five minutes now because I replaced the outdated capacitors that were blowing up.

Those are just two of the things that are wearing out on me this week.  It seems I've been upgrading, replacing, and just generally bringing things up to current conditions since I've started working again.  I'm actually getting my dental situation up to date, with a crown and two cavities since the first of November.  I get my permanent crown installed Tuesday, and I should be good for awhile.

So, for anyone in the area that feels like you're wearing out, or at least all your stuff is, I'm right there with ya. Sometimes things just wear out.  And what can you do?

Drive on.  Next week will be better.  At least that's what I'm planning for me!