What Did I Bring Into My Room Now???

I did it again. I brought another fallen branch into my room with the idea that it would be perfect for any huge projects in the future (cane, perhaps?). However, this branch proved to be a lot more difficult than the last one, starting with the fact that it was bigger than the last branch, which took up almost the whole floor span.

There was first the manner of carrying it in. I tried the back entrance to my dorm, which leads to staircase going straight up to my room, but the branch was too long to fit into the hallway without setting off the alarm first, so then I had to carry the whole thing around the building and to the front where the main doors are open for five seconds whenever someone is getting in. Getting it in that way was only one of the two easy parts of having that thing.

Next came getting it up to the third floor by way of the center staircase. After attempting to do it alone and failing miserably, two people from the specialty hall passed by and offered to help. Thank the Universe. So we carried it up stairs, holding it as vertically as we could until we reached the third floor. Getting it into my hallway was the second easy part since that only required turning the thing around and having one of the people keep the door open.

I am still surprised that we somehow got the entire thing into my room. That required careful turning and much patience. Remember the first branch and its length. Yeah, this branch had to have one end propped against the fridge while the other end had to rest against the top bookshelf. It was that big.

Now came the hardest thing of all: sawing. I spent a very nice (oh, there's that sarcasm again!) time sawing it in two places to make it small enough to lean against my wall rather than lay across the floor. If I don't get muscles from three P.E. courses, I'll certainly get it from sawing.

Now the bug problem. I haven't found ants yet, but I've found two spiders and littler bugs that I can't identify. I'll take a hairdryer to it again and see what that does. Hopefully the heat will kill them.

You're a whittler when you bring huge branches into your room with your thought process being "I can use this for something!" and are willing to put up with the problems of insects for the love of your hobby. That's dedication right there. :D