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Day 191

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My tool for the day…

My Tool

Started dry walling our downstairs today and we’ll finish it up tomorrow. This was my tool that I used all day… Not sure that its the brand my dad would have chosen, but it is an impact drill. That’s the one tool that I am taking from dad for sure. I wish that I would have had it with me today.

I did get to speak to him for a few minutes on speakerphone. I told him that I was finally learning dry wall and that I was going to need his drill. Mom said that he raised his eyebrows at both comments. 🙂  He was able to squeak out an “I love you” and I repeated it.

The nurse came today and said that its the final phase. We are all sad, but happy that its coming to an end. This suffering isn’t good for him or anyone else. Overall, an emotional day for my family … several came to visit and dad woke up enough to say hi and was very emotional himself.

Photo taken with: iPhone 4

Day 189

Posted on by dtsphoto365

The Unfinished…

The Downstairs

This weekend some friends, Dave and I will dry wall our downstairs room. It was a cement slab with some roughed in plumbing when we bought. We waited awhile and finally decided to get it done this year. We are about 60% through… I am so excited! I am also super proud that I am learning about the steps needed and actually doing some of it with them vs. just hiring someone.

My dad always wanted to come up for a week or two and do the room with me and I always told him no. He also wanted me to travel with him to Kentucky to help build houses with him and the church. He loves the building of things, tools, etc… I hate it! So, we never really did these types of projects together. I don’t know if I would really consider it unfinished business or even something that I “missed”.

We did have great times together… Boy Scouts, family geneology, sci-fi movies and shows, photography… and I am so excited to have had those moments.

Do you have that “one thing” that someone close always wants to do? But you don’t and you always say no? Maybe you should reconsider. While I don’t have regret that I didn’t do those things with my dad, maybe it would have made his life experience just that much better.

Photo taken with: Nikon D700, Nikon 60mm f/2.8