2 windows! 2 pretty windows done! Bah ha ha!

The great achievement of the week:
Destruction:


Construction:


We have installed one of the six windows in my basement! It’s not perfect, but it looks like it will do the job. We’re hoping to get another two done before Dad leaves on Sunday. Plus finish pulling up tile, caulking the basement joint, applying sealant to the walls, clean out gutters and maybe redo the trench in my front yard. The weather hasn’t exactly been cooperating – it rained most of the day yesterday, the wind was atrocious today and it’s supposed to be cold tomorrow – which has made things much slower going than hoped.

I have to head back to work tomorrow (grumble, grumble), but yay for progress!

(FYI, for those who read my blog via Google Reader, my RSS feed wasn’t working last week, so you may have missed a couple of entries. It seems to be back now.)

I have no idea how it got to be the 20th of October already. Seriously?! Seriously???

I’m on a lazy rotation this month. An elective, which on the neurology side, means I can pick and choose how I spend my days. Or as my colleague said “I’m on elective and I elect not to go.” 🙂 I haven’t been quite that bad. So I’ve had a couple of days of clinics, several days studying for boards, working on a couple of research/quality improvement projects and lots of lazy morning sleeping in and finally feeling somewhat human again. It’s been lovely and I’m sad that it will be coming to an end so quickly.

As I was driving home tonight, I was overwhelmed with the pulchritude (good word!) of the setting sun over the autumn leaves, and I managed to get home in time to catch the last rays of the day. It very shortly thereafter darkened and started to rain, so I’m glad that I was able to get these shots: