So, I didn't get to do a single thing which I had planned on today. Strike that. I did go to Walmart for some paint brushes. That is all though. When I got home and was packing the car up for the range, my next door neighbor caught me and asked if I had a few hours to build a dog house for his new pups. Now, I would like to think that I am a pleasant person and willing to always help out a neighbor in need. But today was an example of why I hate people in general at times.

1. He had no plans ready to build a dog house. 
2. He brought over his two little kids and expected me to teach them how to use tools. 
3. The pups we...I built a house for were brought over by the 4 year old and commenced to tear through the house, attack Tigger, started chewing on my office rug, and then after shooing them out of the house for the third time, they tackled Murphy so hard that he fell from the porch and collapsed to the ground when he couldn't get back up. 
4. The boys needed constant attention, so much so that a job which should have taken 2 hours took all freaking day. 
5. He let his 5 year old boy decide if a board joint was straight. which in turn made the frame uneven, then commenced to say it was the fault of building skills which had made the floor wobble.
6. (side note: they are devout Mormons) at 4 o'clock, he decided that this was taking too long and said he would be back after going to temple....his wife called later and informed me that they would not be back until well past dark. 

Once they left, I finished the work on the house alone, cleaned my tools up, swept the back porch, and finally went inside at 8 pm for my first meal of the day and a glass of scotch. The project had taken 14 hours working with that family..

Next time they ask me for help, either I do it by myself of there will be some major issue at work which requires my attention right then and there.....

So tired. Need a shower and another scotch.