Devon woke us up at 4:30 this morning by knocking one of the new bowls onto the floor and shattering it. After cleaning it up I couldn't go back to sleep. So I played games until 7. Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.
About 8:15 I called some medical lab that had sent me a nasty gram about some charges they said were overdue. The fine print was they didn't have the insurance information. I gave them the information (Medicare and Aetna). They wanted the Aetna billing address. I didn't have it. Why would I? It didn't help that the address Aetna prints on it's summaries is bogus. Ellen got on the internet while I was talking and got them some info. I felt it was their problem, not mine.
After that I went out to the apartment to install the new kitchen radio. I took down the old one, but the shelf was too small for the new one. I built a new shelf and started to paint it. It will be a couple of days before the paint is finished.
I packed up the old stereo and put it in the car with the dishes and the old fireplace from the trailer. Ellen was having asshole problems, so I took it to Goodwill alone. The car said one of the tires was low. It was. I stopped at Firestone, but they had a 1.5 hour wait. So I drove home and pumped up the tire.
A little later Ellen wanted to go to HEB. We took the dog. We bought a whole lot of groceries. HEB had a couple of picked over places, but it wasn't like Costco. The checker was using hand sanitizer between customers. We stopped at Tomlinson's so Lucy could get a treat.
When we got home the trailer hitch base was here. It had a "greater than 70 lbs" sticker on it. I got the hand truck and hauled it to the truck. The hand truck wheel broke just as I got to the truck. I unboxed it and had Ellen steady it as I dragged it into the truck. It was heavy.
The install of the base went pretty well. It was just time consuming. When it was done I backed the truck into the garage so I could remove the hitch. I needed to complete its assembly and the bed of the truck was not the right place to do that.
I put the hitch on a work table. That way the truck is ready to go to the shop tomorrow morning. Ellen went to Dripping Springs about the time I got the hitch out.
Putting the hitch together was quite a bit of work. All of the pieces were heavy and there were a lot of bolts to torque down. Also, it was low 70's and 90+ humidity. I was soaked with sweat when I finished about 6. I still have to put it in the truck and do a little final assembly (nothing hard). I'm a little concerned that the hitch might be a little too high.
I went back into the house. I fed the pets, took a shower, and had dinner. After dinner it was TV. I was too tired and sore to surf.
Hooch sent me an email saying that his chemo hasn't been as effective as they hoped. They are going to start stronger stuff soon.
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