Rolling a boulder up a long hill with a low incline

I did make progress this week, but it really felt slow yesterday. We pulled the support beams out of one side. Then we ran into a half-dozen hurdles. We have the new support beams cut and ready to be installed, but couldn't figure out how to get the bolts in under the existing wall before daylight ran out. Drats and double drats. It wasn't a physically overwhelming day, but it went on and on, and we never really reached the peak of what we set out to do. So it goes sometimes, I guess.

​On the up side, the physical work and problem solving helped me take my mind off the uncertainties of the future, which seem to be looming larger these days. So the "drats" are balanced out by the gratitude of doing the work, of a friend to help, of dog companions, and a lot of other things easy to overlook when mental grey clouds gather. 

I turned these pressure-treated 2x4s . . .

. . . into the special sizes needed for the trailer repair.

The right side front rotten support bean on its way out.

The right side rear rotten support bean leaving as well.

A portion of one interior floor beam also had to be removed, and patched with a new section. A LOT of trial and error went into this one patch. I used Tyvek to add another layer of moisture protection before I'll add insulation later.