I woke up when the alarm went off, turned over, went back to sleep and woke up an hour later. I played a little Minions and then got up. After the pet stuff and breakfast I went out to finish installing the new gate opener.
I finished up stripping wires for the box. Then I started the great search for the circuit breaker for the gate outlet. I looked on the post, in the apartment, and in the house. No luck. Finally I shut off the apartment. That didn't do it. Then I shut off the well house breaker. That was it.
Once the power was out I could remove the old box and install the new box. It had sprinkled very lightly while I was doing that. As I was finishing installing the box it really started to rain. I moved everything back into the well house and went inside. I did a little surfing and had lunch while it rained.
The rained stopped in about two hours, so I went back to work. I replaced the old opener, wired it up, set the limit switches, and reprogrammed it so that the old openers will work. I was done between 3:30 and 4. The new one works like a champ. I've tested the truck and both keypads. I'm sure the car will work, too. Hopefully the new antenna will give it a little bit better range.
Lee met me at the gate when I brought down the old opener. It turns out that he has a different model. He's going to see if he can use parts from mine to fix his. If not, I bet he can adapt the signals from his older controller to drive my opener.
The evening was watching two episodes of Z nation. I also did a lot of Minions.
On another note. Today marks one year since we last left Salem. A lot has happened, most of it bad. We're still not anywhere near out of the woods. Ellen still has two more chemo sessions. Her last is on Halloween. Then there's a wait (we don't know how long), and then they'll image her. I suppose that she might have her second surgery just before Christmas. After that she's likely to be incontinent for weeks.
I wish I could see an end to this, but I just don't know.
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