The Workers (Matt, Robby and Goose) continue to grind through our household projects. The barn is now clean, as is the basement, and our guest room, what we call Susan’s Room, is freshly painted. And there’s scaffolding on the front of our house in preparation for the big painting job which will begin next week.

Yesterday, during lunch, Matt tried to ask me something but got knocked off mid-thought by an attack of deja vu. Robby jumped in and said he and Joe were in Chemistry class when he experienced deja vu so vividly that he explained to Joe what would happen in the next few minutes. Who would turn to whom and say what – that kind of thing. They both leaned back to watched the future unfold. I called Joe to verify Robby’s story and Joe said, “Oh yeah, he’s done that more than once.”

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The work day’s a wrap and as Goose is leaving Matt asks what his plans are for that night.

Goose answered in his laconic fashion, “I’ve gotta see the GF.”

I ask you, how many years removed is that from, “The old lady and I are going out to eat.”

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Next, I’ll have photos of the crew on the outside of my house. I wish I’d taken one yesterday. I stopped at the beginning of the driveway and walked next door to talk to my neighbor who happens to be tall, thin, blond and very pretty. The painters-to-be stopped laying their planks and stared at us – all three of them, wide eyed, looking like curious crows in a bare tree.

Having your own work crew who grew up in the McCarthy Towne cooperative environment is a whole lot of fun.