Day 1764

 I got up about 8:30.  I went outside to get the dog food and got distracted.  I decided to look at the truck bed before going back inside.  I moved the lawn chairs and that's when I discovered the moiuse nest.  It was made of dried grass and about the size of a loaf of bread.  A mouse ran ouot of it and hid under the trailer hitch.

I got everything out of the front of the truck and used a shovel to throw the nest off the tailgate.  There were about 6 baby mice in it.  Then I used the vacuum to clean out all of the grass that had blown around.  The mouse had peed in the corners of the truck bed.  It had stained the bed liner.  Gasoline doesn't stain that stuff.

After clean up I spent some time rearranging things and loading some stuff we'll need into the truck bed.  By the time I was finished it was after 10 and time to go get the guns.  I gave the dog food to Ellen and left.  No breakfast.

I loaded up the first load of guns and cases in the Ranger and took them to the trailer.I filled up the space under the bed, the basement, and part of the area under the sofa.  I'd run out of cases, so I left to buy some.  I ended up at Bi-Mart, Big-5, and Wally World.  I bought 2 socks and two cases for $10 a piece.  I also got a happy meal for lunch.

When I returned to the club Dave met me and said he wanted me to remove the safes by next year.  He "needs the space".  He made sure to offer to buy them.  I told him no problem.  I loaded up a second load and took them to the trailer.  That filled up the sofa and part of the area behind the recliners.  I made one more short trip to get a couple of more for behind the recliners.  Then I was out of cases again.

I managed to get about 1/3 of the long guns.  That still leaves quite a few, but I should be able to get then all in the trailer next year.  It will be a tight fit though.

On the way home I met Gerry.  We talked about his prostate treatment.  He mentioned that he might want to buy Ellen's old MX-8 skeet gun.  I told him we'd give him a price.

I was really tired when that was all done.  I did a little surfing and then the sewer guy showed up.  No rest for the wicked.  I got the tanks dumped and then took a shower.  I'd gotten hot and sweaty moving the guns.

Ellen fixed steak for dinner.  After dinner it was TV and a movie.

Tomorrow we got see John and Patty.  I need a day off.