{"id":3112,"date":"2008-08-31T07:59:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2008-08-31T07:59:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T11:59:33","slug":"workaday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/08\/31\/workaday\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/goosed_roof.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/goosed_roof-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"goosed_roof\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/goosed_roof-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/goosed_roof.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got back in the saddle this week when Goose helped me install a skylight over there at Applewood. It felt good and right,  and I got the highest compliment when Goose said, &#8220;You&#8217;re as comfortable on this roof as I am on  that bridge.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The work felt risky as the slope is steep and the pebbly surface of the shingles sloughs off and creates ball bearing-like things to ski around on. We looked like a combination of Mutt and Jeff and  two of the Three Stooges as we struggled to get the skylight up the ladder and into position on the roof. It would have been far easier had we come up with a plan, but we&#8217;d scratched our heads and our chins and under our arms so long that, in frustration,  I just grabbed the thing and told Goose to meet at the top of the ladder. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d balanced the skylight the wrong way on my shoulder, we were out of position, the ladder was in the way, and after awkward twists and turns it looked more like we were trying to  make love to the copper and glass unit than install it. I count the sketchiness of what I&#8217;m doing by the number of &#8220;oh gods,&#8221; Goose utters. This time, there were too many to count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got back in the saddle this week when Goose helped me install a skylight over there at Applewood. It felt good and right, and I got the highest compliment when Goose said, &#8220;You&#8217;re as comfortable on this roof as I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/08\/31\/workaday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}