Day 2171

We woke up about 8 and played games until 9.  After pet stuff and breakfast I went outside to accomplish stuff.

The first item was blowing the water out of the trailer lines.  It's the last thing I needed to do to the trailer before winter.  I drained the hot water heater and then hooked up the air hose.  Everything went as expected, but it sure took some time to drain the toilet.

The next item was fixing the DirecTV mount.  I put screws at each end of the turnbuckles.  That should keep them from slipping.  Hopefully there won't be anymore periodic adjustments.

It was too wet to mow.  I'd tentatively planned to spray, but it was too wet to do that, too.  I went out to look at the gate opener.  I turned it on (Lee had turned it off) and tested it.  It worked perfectly.  I suspected it might.  The asshole that wired the pump had put it on the same circuit as the gate.  That means that when I turn off the pump, eventually the gate battery goes dead.  I'm not sure how to fix that.

While I was doing all of that Ellen was out cutting back the bushes in front and back.  They look pretty good now.

I went inside and made an appointment for the imaging test I didn't get in the Spring.  It took me an hour, including long times on hold with three organizations.  Because I'm a glutton for punishment I then went through all the stuff to get my Medicare drug plan changed.  The premiums on the old one went up a lot.  They wanted $900/yr to supply me with $180 worth of drugs.

I was on a roll doing things I should be doing instead of surfing.  I read 6 AARP magazines.  They have gone screaming liberal.  Ellen also cut my hair.  It finally got warm enough (65) to do it outside.

Ellen fixed stir fry for dinner.  After that I spent hours looking for things to send Dan for a Christmas wish list.  The problem is, if I find something I want I immediately buy it.  I did finally find some modestly priced stuff and sent it to him.

The rest of the evening was videos.