The Chimney Project

For a guy who works on computers, finding out that your father-in-law is a contractor former military is absolutely terrifying. Then when he asked you to start helping him renovate a house and you said yes because you were just already scared of him seems like a dumb move. I remember that first morning I showed up at 5 o’clock in the morning to work with you. We got to the house that had already been partially demoed by you the previous couple of weeks. You looked up at the roof and said we’re gonna take that chimney down, then laughed and said I mean you are gonna take that chimney down. You gave me a hammer and a chisel and told me to start at the roof and I better move fast before I ended up in the attic during lunch. He ended up still helping of course since he can’t sit still. I cannot tell you how much I learned working with you, but the chimney taught me that trying to do something the easy way can destroy. Other things you might not understand. Sometimes the best thing to do is just to roll up your sleeves and get to work.