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October 21st 2003

Considering that we didn't get started on the bus until well after noon, we managed to get a lot done today. We started off the day searching for some inexpensive conduit that would work with the existing wiring that we have done. We went to 3 different stores before finding what we were looking for. We also picked up some inexpensive fiberglass insulation while we were there.

	We couldn't find any insulation that was only 1.5 inches thick, so we bought some of the thicker kind and peeled off about 1/2 of the thickness before installing it. We'll be able to cover twice as much area by using the left over bare insulation to fill in and cover the odd sized spaces that the paper backing doesn't work with anyway.
	We used some paper bag pieces here and there to cover the bare insulation in places where we filled in with scraps. We don't want the kids getting into the insulation before it's covered by the plywood sheeting It was very humid today so Becky and I wore short sleeve shirts during the process... Needless to say, we had to come home after a couple of hours and shower to try to stop the itching. I'm still pretty itchy now... The stuff is terrible to work with, but does a good job of blocking out sound - our main goal.
	When Becky and I returned from the house we worked on getting the plywood sheeting up to cover the insulation on the wall. We wired the light back up for now. Eventually there will be upper cabinets and I will install under cabinet lighting for the kitchen. For the moment though, we needed some light so we made use of what we had.
	We also managed to get a light put up in the hallway. We now have lights in every area of the bus except the front living room area. Eventually the big light on the wall in the kitchen will be on the ceiling over the desk and the kitchen will be lit by the under cabinet lighting.

That's all we had time to get done today. Tomorrow we'll concentrate on getting the rest of the kitchen/bathroom shared wall sheeted with plywood and see if we have time to rough in the plumbing and/or install the outside access doors for some of the appliances that we have.

We'll see what tomorrow brings...