"Bill" wrote

I just have about 25% of the sheetrock left to put up. I was going to
work on it the last two nights (late at night), but after getting my head
baked doing yard work I couldn't bring myself to do it. Thanks for the
pep-talk! I'll try not to disappoint! : )

Don't kill yourself, though. It will get done as you are able.

I learned a trick about cooling off after getting way too hot one summer
working on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It was a record heat wave,
and I was working with a buddy's dad on a framing crew, and as luck would
have it the hottest two days we were working the roof with tar paper being
put down at the end. It was well over 100 in the shade, so you can imagine
how hot it was over tar paper.

If you get too hot, bend way over and let a hose run over your head for
about a minute. It is amazing how much heat the head radiates, and if you
cool it, you will quickly cool down your blood and the whole body core as
well. Dry off the head and hair, and you are good to go for a while. For
extra coolness, soak a tee shirt in the cool hose water, and then wring it
out as dry as you can and put it back on. The evaporation of the water in
the tee is about like wearing an air conditioner.

Good luck. Ask any more questions as they come up.
--
Jim in NC