deathmtn

32-minute run, 15 pull-ups.

- Dropped off, picked up.
- Job.
- Looked into ADHD evaluation pricing.
- Weatherstripped another window.
- Looked at wafer light suggested by electrician and searched for way too long for any mention about how I could replace just the LED unit when it fails. (I don't think there is a way.) Re-explained what kind of lights we want to the electrician.
- Tried to fix a closet door. I'm going to have to move one of the mounting plates entirely, so I gave up for today.
- Tried to finish the solo in Tower Climb. Didn't quite do it, but I came up with another part.
- Accidentally wrote a commercial jingle for a Cool Breeze Product.

Things just did not roll smoothly today.

15 pull-ups. In the middle of them, out of the window, I saw the commuter rail go by. I don’t know why, but it felt absurd, and I started laughing. But did not let go and kept going.

- Dropped off, picked up.
- Job.
- Did some laundry.
- Vacuumed part of the house.
- Dug a tiny bit more of the rain garden, but then handed it off to the guy, who enjoyed it for a while.
- Made dinner.
- Got rid of some boxes. Our recycling can is always 75% full of "everyday recycling" so that rate at which we're getting rid of moving boxes is very slow. I may have to haul some to the recycling center to speed things up.
- Reviewed a Mass Save contract, sent an email.
- Emailed lawyer.
- Emailed a friend.

This will probably wear off, but I enjoyed running alongside car-packed roads because of my car commuting summer. I kept thinking, I’m glad I’m not in that!

47-minute run, 15 pull-ups. Meant to do a 20-minute run, but got lost after dropping off my library book. Medford: Another twisty street Massachusetts town.

- Job.
- Looked into the new mystery of the basement puddle. It's not above any plumbing as far as we can tell. It did rain last night, and I found a puddle next to the foundation outside because our gutter didn't have a spout to lead the water away from the house. Made a makeshift one.
- Received the rest of the treadmill parts. This is the last of the tasks related to the old house. The movers showed up on time and took apart the treadmill deck even further to fit it through the old place's staircase. I'm glad I didn't ask my friends to move it, and I'm glad I didn't even bother trying to move the deck after I disassembled the treadmill. They, of course, went over the estimate, and it was close to the cost of a full apartment move, but I'd rather be overcharged than screwed.
- Made dinner.
- Moved stuff around, tried to plan out where things should go in the basement. Things got complicated by Bonus Cat possibly becoming afraid of the washing machine and not going to the litter robot next to it, and instead peeing in our bathtub. So, we moved the litter robot to the other side of the basement, and maybe that'll be the more storage-oriented side, and the other one will have machines, plus maybe hanging out space if we can Tetris things right?
- Recorded a podcast episode.
- Moved the treadmill to its possible spot and started reassembling it. The movers reassembled part of it, but they put a bolt in that was meant to go in a hole that makes the hydraulic part (that raises the running deck so it's vertical for moving and lowers it for running), but without actually connecting it to that hole. Kinda dangerous, but I guess they were already dealing with something unexpected. I re-bolted that, then got the cable from the posts (that hold up the console) connected to the deck, and started to put in the posts, but they weren't fitting. I think it's a two-person job, and it was midnight, so I gave it up.

The guy is reading a book set in a Past Time. He asked me what an outhouse is. That I could answer. Then, he asked me what “four-holers” and “six-holers” are, and I had to guess.

I have learned that there’s two Home Depots within 0.8 miles of each other, and not in a fun way.

It is that time of year I which I have hot coffee for the first time in months and am amazed by it.

The perhaps inevitable conclusion of my faucet drip fixing attempt is that now the hot water cannot be shut off. (Unless you shut off the source valve, which I did.)

I do think the actual fix was going to be to have to get a new faucet anyway, so we’ll end up at the same spot anyway, which will hopefully be that a new faucet is installed with some struggle tomorrow, rather than we have to call a plumber so don’t use the upstairs sink for a week.