Alack and Alas!

Well this weekend has been a bit of a mixed bag. Unfortunately the sailing trip did not happen, due to bad weather, but because of that I ended up going shopping and buying two movies that I have been wanting to get for some time. The flip side to that was that I ended up staying up till midnight watching them. Which never helps make the next day a happy one.

Even though I didn't go sailing I suppose I can still say a bit about work. Most apartment complexes have a clubhouse of one sort or another. A place to hang with friends, work out, or swim in the pool. The clubhouse at the current job site is (I believe) a converted garage. Exposed forty foot ceiling, tons of open floor space, and a handy basement filled up with exercise equipment, and the owners are sparing no expense in making it look nice. I just heard this week that the material cost (no labor involved) for the lights alone is just under $100,000! Somehow the PTB decided that they wanted me to help install some of these lights during the last few weeks. A lot of dropped can lights, many chandeliers, and all sorts of accent lighting. The most fun have been all the ceiling lights because they require the use of a lift to install them all.
(The view looking down)


It hasn't just been all fun and games though. These lights are Expensive! The chandeliers alone cost $4700 apiece, and we still had to assemble them ourselves. It just seems like a person should get more for their money.




I will admit though that the finished product does look rather nice.


It must be nice to have money to burn. And in other news, I start school again tomorrow. Even though it is my last year, I am sorry to say goodbye to my carefree summer evenings. No more of those for quite a while I'm afraid. I think that about covers it for now. Hope you all have a great week.