Day 2168

 We woke up before 8, played games for a short while, got up and had breakfast.  Then we went to vote.  It was nice to only have to drive over to Belterra.  When we were finished we went home.

The first thing I did was put the mower battery on the charger.  Then I got out the implements of destruction.  There was a lot of water on the well house floor when I did.  I don't know where it's coming from.  I'll have to keep an eye on it.

I cut the Wisteria way back so that we could get onto the deck.  Then I cut a whole bunch of dead limbs off it and the tree by the deck steps.  When I was finished I hauled 4 cart loads of debris into the wood.  By then I was hot, sweaty, and tired.

The next stop was hauling the three gun cases into the attic.  Those metal cases are heavy.  I got the AC people's number and called them.  They said they could have a person there at 3:00.  Amazing.  By then the battery was charged, so it went back on the mower.

Ellen was working in the trailer all of this time.  She met me as I was coming out of the garage.  I loaded her up with stuff from the trailer basement and took some myself.  We put it in the house and had hot dogs for lunch.  After some rest I went back outside.

I put back most of the rocks that we moved parking the trailer.  I left some out to drive in the mower.  Then I took a couple of loads from the basement to the house and put them away.

In the mean time Ellen updated the software on the TV.  Perhaps that will keep it from going dead.  She also determined that the Blu-ray player was dead.  Apparently it was known for problems.  She found a good one at Best Buy.

I sat down to wait for the AC repair guy.  He was right on time.  In about half an hour he game back with a broken motor start capacitor.  It had shorted the leads from power and the motor.  The whole fix cost $300.  He also said he'd send me a quote for replacing the system.

When he left I took a shower.  Then we went to Best Buy and bought a Blu-ray player.  We got a good deal, $50 off.  Then we went to Costco for batteries and water.  We were very low on both.

Ellen fixed pizza for dinner, exactly what I wanted.  While she was doing that I hooked up the new player.  It was surprisingly easy.  After dinner she programmed everything up.  I watched a movie on YouTube.  Playback was fine, but the commercials sucked.

After that I played games for a while and went to bed.  I'm tired and sore.  The next few days won't be fun.

I should add that I now have Ellen's cold.  There's much coughing and sneezing.  I'm also feeling very run down.  What a great time to get something.