Close Calls

I was scheduled to coat my roof tomorrow. I had done the prep work a couple of weeks ago, and had just been trying to decide which product I wanted to buy. I also needed at least three days of good weather that started on a day that I could be around in the morning before the roof got too hot to paint. Who would have thought that weather (other than hot) would be a deciding factor here in Tucson. Fortunately Mike called me and asked me to go climb a multi pitch route with him tomorrow. I put on my best sad puppy dog eyes and told Amy that I had an invite, and how I hated to let Mike down. She said "as soon as you finish painting the roof you can go." Hey that's a partial win. I was just going to have to get up at 4:00 am, and paint the roof. Then this afternoon monsoon clouds started to build in the East. Now I can go climb and I don't have to do my chores. Plus I get to sleep in a little bit. I figure it is just my reward for being such a hard worker and living a good clean life. There's no other explanation.