I’ve been trying to upgrade my hearing processor for 2 years now, and my supplier keeps warning me that I have the worst insurance around, so don’t get my hopes up.
My insurance policy says that if my processor works, they won’t pay to replace it. And on the surface, that makes a lot of sense. But there are subtle signs when a processor is about to fail, and my processor was about to fail.
On the very day when my upgrade was finally approved, my last rechargeable battery crapped out. And when I use button batteries, I gotta jiggle the case after I snap it together, or it will crackle and fade.
While I was messing with my batteries, I was making do with my old Sprint processor, which wraps around my chest like a bandero, dates to the 1990’s, and is still going strong. By my insurer’s logic, that’s the one I should still be using.
OK. So. Where was I ?
My spiral dresser project took the summer off.
I need to make 39 drawers for these things, and there are a lot of angles involved. In principle, I know exactly how to make them. But when it comes down to the actual jigs, levers, and adjustments I need, I’ve struggled.
It would help if I could recall how I did it the first time I did it, back in the 80’s, but that’s not happening.
At least I don’t need to invent the wheel here. Only re-invent it.
I did this once, so I ought to be able to do it again. Heck, I ought to be good at it!
But no.
Step 1: Shape the backs of the drawer fronts.
The apartment looks good.
It’s been an impenetrable tangle of studs, wires, and piles for a long, long time, and most people give it a wide berth. For health reasons.
But when I finished the shower, the next big job seemed to be sheetrock, and I was a little taken aback.
Because sheetrock changes everything.
Suddenly, it’s a whole different vibe. More homey, less construction zoney.
Suddenly, the layout becomes clear.
Suddenly, you remember the wires you forgot to run.
Hiring a professional crossed my mind, but I still had a lot of prep work to do, and too many piles were in the way. My plan was to take it slow. Don’t kill myself. Make it my winter project.
Then I bought 36 sheets, and put them up in 5 days.
That said, I know the last 10% is gonna take me forever. I seem to be on track for a winter project.
There’s not a lot of things I can’t do, but transporting sheetrock is one of them.
My last hole was not much better than my first one.
Today, I was spreading mulch under a bush in the garden, when a twig got stuck in my nose and drew blood. I finished mulching with a bloody Kleenex in my nostril, and every time I bend over, my nose bleeds.
Halloween is a BFD, it turns out.
The boys were flying squirrels.
And the house was scary.