Day 2247

 I got up about 8 and did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Again there was no game playing.  It was cold, 31 degrees and the wind was blowing.  I went to the well house and turned the heater on.

By the time that was done it was 9.  I called up the shipping guy.  He said he had no truck to deliver the safe with.  I asked where it was.  Fortunately it was at a warehouse just the other side of 35.  I also called the main office.  The lady there said they'd get back to me.

I went over to talk to John and we decided to move it ourselves.  He helped hook up the trailer and off we went.  We had a little problem finding the loading dock at the back of the building, but that was all of the hassle.  They were very helpful loading it on to the trailer.  John and I strapped it down and we drove home.  The safe rode fine.

The temperature was 35 and windy.  The gate wouldn't open, probably due to a combination of cold weather and the wind.  The obstruction alarm was blowing.  I left it open.  I had to do some vehicle rearranging, but got the trailer backed up to the garage with little trouble.  John and I got the safe off the trailer and into the garage with a modicum of effort.

I just couldn't get the trailer parked.  The angles were just wrong.  I should have backed back up the driveway, but I didn't.  We ended up getting it close, unhooking, and pushing into place.  That wasn't fun.

Moving the safe into the apartment was pretty easy.  We slide it onto a furniture dolly and rolled it in.  A little more effort got it off the dolly and in place.  After that I called a stop.  

John went back to the house and I went to look at the gate.  It still wouldn't close, but I knew why.  I went back to the house to wait for it to reset again.  I went inside and got us beers.  Ellen and Melissa were spending all day making Japanese crackers.  The place was a mess.  I did a little surfing and watched the parade.

John and I decided to watch TV.  I fell asleep a little after we sat down.  A little later that shipping place called.  The lady said she'd tried to call and had left an email.  I told her I'd picked up the safe myself.  She said to read the email.  I said I would, but I was entertaining guests at the moment.

Dinner was chicken pot pie.  It's not my favorite.  Unfortunately it's big enough for us all to have a second meal.

After dinner John and I sat down for more TV.  We had fun watching a bunch of motor sports oriented stuff - motorcycle trails, car builds, and demolition derbies.