I woke up a little after 8 and played games for a while. Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast. After that I went outside to continue work on the Starlink cable box.
I spent time with Abby doing retrieves first. Then I got out all of the tools and then crawled under the trailer with the new corner braces. I had Ellen hold the box in position while I marked where the holes for the braces needed to be. Then she went inside while I drilled the holes and attached the braces to the frame. After that Ellen came back outside to hold the box again while I marked the holes to attach the braces to the box. Then we unbolted the box.
Ellen went inside and emptied the cabinet where the cable comes into the trailer. I pushed through a little extra cable. Then I put some cable sheathing on the cable and pushed it up through the cabinet. Finally I cut the sheathing off at the right length to put inside the box.
That's when things went south. When I was spraying sealant into the hole for the cable it dripped down on my shirt and shorts. The stuff has mouse poison in it. The shirt was ruined. My shorts will forever have small dark spots on them. My ring got some on it. It took Goof-off and scrubbing with a nylon brush to remove it.
I cleaned up and then went back outside to drill the holes for the brace in the box. After that I put everything away.
Hooch emailed saying he wanted us to come up. We decided to go buy some produce for them. We went to Jones Farm (cherries and onions), the Salem place (two other types of berries), and Baumann's (cherry pie). Strawberries are over.
The last stop was the post office where we got the package with the latches for the cable box. It was really hot when we got home. I decided that the rest of the day would be surfing.
Ellen fixed stir fry for dinner using stuff we'd purchased at the farm stores.
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