Day 2220

 I woke up a little after 6.  I couldn't get back to sleep, probably because last night I fell asleep at 9.  I played games until about 7 and then got up.  After breakfast and pet stuff I went out to the garage.  Ellen went to HEB for some more last minute grocery shopping.

The first thing I did was take all of the packing material for the new TV to the garage.  It was way too big and bulky to keep in the house.  Then I got out the ladder and used it to bring down an old TV box.  By old I mean it was the first flat panel LCD TV we bought back about 2006 or 2006.  I wanted to use it to help build a box for the old LG TV.  John and Melissa want it.

After that I went back to the house.  There wasn't anything else to do until John and Melissa came over, so I surfed.

Eventually they came over.  We planned out how we were going to connect the TV and commenced to do it.  Overall things went well.  John and I lifted the TV without much problem while Melissa connected the cables.  The only problem was we forgot to tighten the lag bolts on the mount.  We lifted the TV off the wall while Melissa tightened them.  Then we hung it back on.  The initialization of the TV took a while, but when it was done everything worked perfectly.

The next step was to pack up the old TV.  John and I carried it out to the garage.  Then all four of us worked on constructing a box for it.  We used pieces of the new TV box to build the base and sides.  Then we built the cover using the old LCD box.  The result works really well.

About halfway through that project I left to go back to the house.  There were plenty of hands to build the box.  I got to work putting the living room back together.  It took quite a while to move furniture and reconnect wires.  I finished that about the time the others finished the box.

Everyone came back to the house and had lunch.  After lunch we sort of broke up into surfing ans sewing.  About 4:30 the new wi-fi antenna showed up.  We took it outside and I held the ladder and John replaced the antenna.  Then Ellen configured everything.  They now have good wi-fi in the apartment again.

John and Melissa came back to the house.  He and I watched TV while Ellen and Melissa fixed dinner.  The new TV is amazing.

Brad called just as we were sitting down to dinner.  I went out to the deck and talked to him for quite a while.  He's doing well.

I went back inside for dinner.  Afterwards we talked for a while and then everyone watched the greatest Christmas movie ever - Die Hard.  Did I mention the new TV is amazing.

John and Melissa went home after the movie.  I did a little surfing and then went to bed.