Day 3667

 I woke up at 6:30 and couldn't go back to sleep.  I played games until 7:30.  Then I got up, brushed teeth, etc. and called the pump place.  They said they'd have someone come out.  A little later I got a call saying he'd be there at noon.

I left for Wally World and bought 5 5 gallon jugs of water, 4 1 gallon, and a package of bottles.  When I got home I fed the animals.  I didn't have breakfast because I didn't want to shit.

I worked on the BRZ for the rest of the morning.   I installed the lights in the body and then cut the body posts.  Then I picked out magnets and magnet mounts for the body posts.  Ellen took John and Melissa to Black's for lunch.  They wanted BBQ before they left.

The pump guy came at noon.  After working on it a while he said that the pump was dead.  The cost will be $7K-$8K (probably).  He said they could probably do it tomorrow or Wednesday and would call later (he never did).

In order to replace the pump they need to get a boom truck into the yard.  That required cutting a lot of tree branches.  John came out to help.  I did the cutting while he did the advising and hauling the branches away.  It didn't take long to do, but I was sweaty afterwards and no shower tonight.

After that I went back to the BRZ.  I ran into some problems because two of the mounts wouldn't conduct electricity.  I finally figured out a solution.  Yes, it involved a Dremel.  The solution required redoing the body posts, but I was tired of working on it.  I sat down with John and we watched videos until dinner (leftovers).

After dinner we sat talking as they are leaving tomorrow.  I worked on getting some of the wiring on the BRZ body done.  I should be able to finish it easily tomorrow (famous last words).

I wish that they could have stayed longer, but we can't compete with a trip to Hawaii. 

I'll call the pump people tomorrow morning and find out what the plan is.