What did you do today?

[zannej]

The particular postal worker who got mad has been cranky with people since before the pandemic. She's been a bit rude to me in the past-- I think she doesn't like me for some reason. I might remind her of someone she dislikes, I dunno. I smile & her and try to be friendly, but she always gives me a an annoyed look. The other employees are much nicer. I can understand her being worried right now, but that doesn't explain or excuse her rudeness in the past.

I wish that I could stay home but it's not safe for my mother or brother to go out to the post office and store & the post office won't deliver to our house. I have stuff I'm waiting on that I need & I have to get groceries. I wanted to get cat food but they were out again. Can't seem to find it in stock online to order either.

Yesterday I mostly stayed in bed & used some eye drops (which only helped a little). My eyes keep crudding over and getting blurry. It's worse at night for some reason. I'm going to need more medicine soon because we are going through the stuff to stop runny/stuffy noses. I'm hoping this will be cleared up more by the time my friend is ready to work on his bathroom. It got postponed because he needed to wait for stuff to arrive in the mail.

 

[highup]

Does anyone know how long toilet paper lasts if you freeze it?

 

[highup]

I called in my carpenter friend who had a power hammer to chisel out the cinder block they had put in the hole in the basement, apparently to plug up the hole they were going to use to plumb the shower. I thought it as a sump pit but apparently not. Even with it having just rained, it was dry. So I figured to make it into a sump pit for peace of mind. After the blocks were removed, we found a 2 inch sewer pipe that was duct taped closed. Unfortunately the tape had ripped as they filled the hole with stone. I knew I was smelling sewer gas downstairs! Anyway, it was at that point that the sump pit would be more annoyance than peace of mind. We capped the pipe properly, filled the hole with the broken pieces of cinder block to take up some room, and poured in a bag of concrete. Mike had already brought over a bucket of finishing concrete. He troweled it so smooth you would not even realize there was a hole.

Going across the room is where the beam sits. We built a 2x6 load bearing wall under the beam. Because the span was virtually unsupported originally, that was what caused me headaches laying the floor in the living room. We had to shim the joists. We got it close enough and the 1/8 inch dip in the floor is where I put the 300 lb couch. I would assume that one day in the distant future when the couch goes, the Coretec will have developed a memory and hug the floor, even after the couch goes away.

I attached an image.

I'm going to drywall the side of the all showing, plumb that pipe to run inside the wall, and leave a pipe for later attaching of a utility sink on the other side. I need to add some outlets and a light switch for later. I'll build a workbench to hid the pipes and put underneath cabinets using MDF and 2x4's. I can run the cabinet all the way across and the bulkhead too. I'll put pot lights in the bulkhead or something like that to light the workbench.

It's all going to be for model building when I retire in 3 years. I want to build the big models like the Trumpeter Titanic ($300 for the kit!) and stuff like that. Needs lots of room to work. Maybe work on a wooden ship at some point. But out of 4 kits I only completed one. They are tedious.

Anyway, I was bored so I figured to say hi rather than play computer games.

Take care!

Did that 2x6 wall replace the jack's you used to level the upstairs?

 

[zannej]

@DarisMulkin There were a couple rude male employees there before. One was giving me attitude because I complained they wouldn't link my physical address to my post office box so stuff was getting sent back & I was having trouble getting mail. He sniped at me "At least you get a free box!" I told him "No I don't! I pay for my box!" He then told me that I wasn't supposed to be paying if I couldn't get delivery at home. He changed his attitude a bit and gave me the paperwork to file for a free box. Another male employee was angry that I got the free box & said that I was paying a reduced fee & shouldn't get a free box (I looked at the prices & found he was lying). He was nasty to me after that. Neither of them work there anymore though. I do have a favorite employee there, her name is Ebony & she's always polite & patient with people. When she sees me walk in, she will go and get my packages ready for me before I get to the window if she's not too busy.

My eyes are still crudding over but I've ordered some stuff to put on them. It's probably some sort of eye infection. My mother has it now too-- she touched my eyelid to help me put drops in my eyes-- I was holding my eye open but she didn't like how I was doing it. She then touched her eyes without thinking about it. I have trouble getting the drops in because I keep missing my eye. LOL. Took me 5 tries to hit the target this morning.

I'm still tired, but feeling better. Mucus is more under control with the allergy meds. I did some cleaning yesterday and somehow managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder/neck area. It tensed up at the wrong time. My dog stole my blanket & pulled it to the foot of the bed, bundled it up, and crawled under it. The meds I took have me a bit lightheaded so I'm trying to see if I'm up to doing anything productive today. I'm waiting on some stuff I ordered to come in & am waiting until then to make a trip to the store & post office.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Did that 2x6 wall replace the jack's you used to level the upstairs?

The floor was above that wall. However we used shims between the beam and the joists. At first it made it worst. Then we pulled quite a few out and got it close enough. Before, there was no wall there. There was only a pair of 2x4's nailed together "strongback" style. And the makeshift post wasn't nailed to anything. It was semented 3 inches into the ground and the beam just sat on top of it. Wasn't even attached at the top. In the garage, there were 2 posts the same way. There I put steel posts.

 

[highup]

Thought it looked familiar.

 

[highup]

All I did today is look at a floor, chat with a good friend for an hour and go get a check deposited. I worked Saturday and noticed my lower back wasn't working like it's supposed to. Took Sunday and today off to let Mr. Ibu Profen assist me.

 

[Floorist]

Dr, said no restrictions.

 

[zannej]

My brother is no longer sick so I drove him into town so he could pick up stuff at the post office, do some shopping for me (I gave him a list) and pick up some in-store pickup stuff give the stuff along just in case they refused to give the stuff to him & insisted that I be there, but he told them I was sick so they gave it to him (plus he had my credit card & order number). Picked up beef stew from the local quick stop.

Back home with my cat climbing on me & sitting on my arms while I type.

 

[highup]

Dr, said no restrictions.

Meaning your arteries are flowing like a fire hose... or you're tall enough to go on the rides without mom and dad.
Good news.

 

[Floorist]

I had planned on going back to work. But not so sure now. Flooring is considered non-essential. And I don't want to be around a bunch of people. I took no restrictions to mean a lot of naps.

 

[highup]

I got free pizza again today. I like being over 6 feet away from people who deliver pizza way over there on the table saw.
I've been pretty fortunate At a time when the local Carpet One closed because of Corona, I have been working on some nice jobs. Not getting rich, but a couple weeks of steady 6 hour days. Still have that much to do. I'm happy to still be deemed essential..... locally anyway.

 

[zannej]

I was feeling better today & my friend asked for help on his bathroom. I wore a mask the whole time just in case. He was taking his old shower out and installing a tub/shower & needed help with with planning & plumbing. I also brought tools (speed square, measuring tape, jigsaw, handsaw). I knew what parts were called & how to put them together. Good thing I got him a modular drain kit because he needed a direct drain as there was a joist below the overflow.

I gave him suggestions on how to reinforce the walls, give extra support, helped him troubleshoot some problems, handed him tools, swapped out attachments, handed him screws, etc. I showed him a shortcut for measuring as well.

Ran in to a couple of snags though.
First was where I got to say "I told you so" because months ago I told him there was no way the old shower was going to fit through the bathroom door, through the bedroom door into the kitchen and out the front door. He'd brought in through the back when the wall was opened up but insisted it was going to fit. He realized he was wrong so he had to take apart the wall to the back room to get it in, and later will have to move furniture out of the way and temporarily open the exterior wall up to take it out.

The toilet jack I got works great-- it was able to pull the toilet & move it all around & set it down out of the way.

Which brings us to snag #2: The best place to move the toilet happened to be right over a huge beam. If we put the toilet to the right of it, it wouldn't be able to connect to the rest of the plumbing bc the beam was in the way & the ground is very close to the bottom of the beam. If we put it to the left of the beam, people would be hitting their knees on the shower. So we ended up having to cram the toilet in a cubby between the wall & shower (still on it's same flange) but turned sideways. So far it looks good.

I had to leave to take medicine and make sure my mother had food, but his fiance has been sending me updates. Tomorrow will probably be painting day. I have to pick up more cat food because I think my cats are getting ready to eat me. They were trying to spill condiments on me earlier.

 

[highup]

Nothing personal to anyone.... It's our new national anthem.

 

[zannej]

Free pizza sounds good. The Police have some good songs. I remember one of their songs was used in the movie "Cat's Eye". The stalker song "I'll be watching you".

I feel like crap today. Jittery, have the chills (but no fever), woke up sweating, & just generally feel cruddy. Stomach hates me-- probably from the fried chicken last night. Scrapped my plans for today bc I feel too crappy to go to the store so I'll have to send my brother (who is still feeling better).

The CR-V is due to renew registration this month, but DMV is closed. They didn't send out the paperwork for renewal so I don't know how I'm going to get it renewed. Also need to renew inspection sticker on my truck.

 

[Floorist]

Think I will use my stimulus check to help a gun store.

 

[DarisMulkin]

Think I will use my stimulus check to help a gun store.

I'm not holding my breath on getting that check. Things are to wishy washy. But according to moma I'm elgibile to draw unemployment here. Don't know if I'm going to sign up for it or not, just don't feel right to me. I know I still have a business name and all that and have only done a very small amount of binding since the first of the year, buuut. I don't want to screw the pouch if you know what I mean.

 

[Floorist]

I'm not holding my breath on getting that check. Things are to wishy washy. But according to moma I'm elgibile to draw unemployment here. Don't know if I'm going to sign up for it or not, just don't feel right to me. I know I still have a business name and all that and have only done a very small amount of binding since the first of the year, buuut. I don't want to screw the pouch if you know what I mean.

I might be able to get it, but I won't try.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I might be able to get it, but I won't try.

But I'm not individually wealthy like you, I'm just stupid for not taking a free buck.

 

[Floorist]

But I'm not individually wealthy like you, I'm just stupid for not taking a free buck.

I would lose my insurance.