3 weeks I spent stripping, cleaning, and sanding through 6 layers of paint, lacquer, and stain on my poor deck. Each day, an hour before work and an hour after work. 5 hours each day on the weekends. I finally finished it yesterday, and it looked beautiful.

This morning, I looked at the forecast. 30C and partly cloudy. Perfect weather to stain the deck. GWeather has no mention of rain whatsoever for the next 3 days. And it hasn't rained for 3 days. This is my window of opportunity. My summer project would finally be complete.

No sooner than I finish the last brush stroke on the stairs, the heavens open up. One gray cloud that I'd been shooing away all afternoon decided to plant itself over my house. My deck now has 1cm of water on it. It's probably ruined. I'll need to strip, clean, and sand through this layer of stain so that I can re-apply it. What else can I do but laugh :)