After what felt like forever my punching bags are hanging again. There was a whole ordeal to get them up, but first I’ll cover last week. The baby wasn’t sleeping well during the night and during those times it’s a struggle to function, even last night she had some middle of the night wakes. Things should be improving as everyone gets healthier, which leads me into exercising more. The garage is coming together, on one side is my throne set up and the other punching bags, when riding the bike I can look back and forth feeling good. Getting into the installation, the reason it took forever to put up is it required drilling into concrete. Masonry work takes extra energy I haven’t had, on top of that I needed to get a hammer drill that can handle the work. The first drill I got was the cheapest Walmart had, about $30, I would have been very happy to get the job done for that much. I did get a carbide tipped drill bit that cost almost as much as the drill itself, but the combination only got about an inch into the cement. My next attempt was going to Tractor Supply though I couldn’t find a hammer drill, so I went back to Walmart to buy their more expensive drill. It’s still Walmart and about $100 for a hammer drill is still pretty cheap, these fancy drills get get up to several hundred easy. The new drill was battery powered, after several recharges and struggling, the holes were deep enough. The rest went up quickly and I technically put the beam sideways, it’s now up and usable. Being able to hit things makes me a happy boy.
Chris' Morning Pages 