The Karate Kid (s)!

   There were six of us in all! My wife, my
daughter, my son, two of our good friends
and me!
   The only person missing was Mr. Miyagi!
   You had to be thinking of him as, for hours
and all of us, it was "Wax on, Wax off."
    Of course, in reality, we were not learning
Karate (at least not intentionally).
    We were waxing our camper!
    And cleaning windows.
    And repairing and painting a water heater
cover.
    And ripping apart an old dock.
    Campers are, of course, like small houses.
    But they don't seem very small when you're
tyring to reach and coat every square inch with
a layer of Turtle Wax!
    It took all six of us, two ladders, a dozen
or so old rags and about four hours to cover the
whole unit.
   The cover for the water heater took another
40 minutes! Its hinges came apart easily
enough. But putting them back in place after
the cover was painted was a little like trying
to combine parts for an Erector Set with
Legos!
   The old dock looked weathered and worn.
   But it was built a little like a Sherman Tank!
   Fortunately my son's part time experience as
a Bouncer has trained him how to deal with
tanks (or is that people who are tanked?).
   Any how he single- handedly drug it out of
the water and muck and ripped it apart board
by board. I think Mr. Miyagi could take a few
lessons from him!
    The camper now shines like new, the water
heater cover is ready to protect the water heater,
and the old dock has been turned into firewood.
    We might have stayed for a camp fire....but we
had to get home to see where we hurt!
     Hope your Dojo is neat and clean and that all
your NEWS is good!