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5/17/19 8:23

DAY SEVENTEEN
I had hours galore today. They sort of snuck up on me through the day. I started strong because of polar swim. At 7:00 I was wide awake and went to the theater to finish my box. That took me way longer than I expected because the wood was too thin and weak for screws and I am a danger to everything around me with a hammer. Nonetheless, I finished it and its working great. The extension cord situation is not fantastic though, so far I only have two lights plugged in but all of them hung. I have to come up with a way to hide at least a little the extension cords candy striping the bars, though. They are brighter than the lights themselves. The performance is coming fast, and Margaret and I are bracing for impact. It's time to drill.
I would write more but there's not much to the light hanging process, its just a lot of darkness and heights. It takes a long time, but once you get the hang of it it's not too complicated. I did have a big mishap when Margaret pointed out to me I had hung the light so directly front that the shadow of the person sitting in the front row would be on our stage. That added a lot of time to the process.

TODAY'S HOURS: 6
TOTAL: 53.5

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