Reunited.

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Well, it was quite a day. I had trouble sleeping last night and got out of bed a lot earlier than usual. After kind of cleaning up my car I drove up to my parents’ house. I visited with them for a few minutes and then borrowed my mother’s car to go get Liz and Luke. Instead of heading straight up I-65 I took I-24 to Hopkinsville, then a Kentucky parkway, then I-69 to Indianapolis. We were due to meet south of the city, but Liz was running late. Shocking. So I drove up to Kokomo and waited for them in the parking lot of a farming museum. They finally arrived and we were able to get everything transferred pretty quickly. The drive home was long but uneventful. We stopped at a rest area so Luke could eat. He loved seeing all the semi trucks there. Same when we stopped for gas, he just loves pointing at them. We finally arrived home at about ten. I was exhausted. Luke was happy to see the moon out. He turned 28 months old today.

Not a good week for vehicles.

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This morning I did another Insanity workout, then went to the storage unit. I organized things a bit and unloaded a few items from my car. Next I went to the house and planted some more grass seed behind the deck. I also organized the outside tools. I tried to take a late morning nap but failed. After a bit of packing and cleaning at the cottage I hooked up one of my trailers and drove home. It rained rather heavily at times during the drive.

After unpacking a little bit I took trash to the dump and then got Liz’s car in order to fill it up with gas and go grocery shopping. Unfortunately the check engine light came on and the dash said “check AWD system”. I drove to O’Reilly Auto to take advantage of their free diagnostic testing, but it seems that it is another casualty of the virus. I was right next to Kroger so I went there and bought what I needed to before returning home.

I was able to find my bluetooth port device and so connected that to my phone and found five codes activated. All were tied to an O2 sensor. Not much to do about that on a Saturday evening. Fortunately my parents offered to let me borrow their car to use to pick up Liz and Luke tomorrow. I’ll stop by their place in the morning on my way to Indiana.

A little productivity.

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This morning I did a whole Insanity workout, again modified for low impact. It felt really good. I went over to the house and finished wiping the chalk marks off the vaulted cedar ceilings. Then I put knobs on the double doors to the flex room, the last remaining knobs to be done. After that I met up with Kent at the storage unit and we loaded the French doors onto my trailer. Then we got the door panels at the cottage and took it all to his house. I probably stayed there another couple of hours chatting and getting a tour of the homestead. He gave me some vegetables to take home. I didn’t do much else this afternoon besides some reading and a visit to chat with Eric at the Goat Market. I’ll probably be too lazy to photograph this evening.

An odd, but kind of good day.

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I wasn’t too motivated to get going this morning since there wasn’t really anywhere to go to without a car. So I did part of an Insanity workout, modified for low impact, and spent most of the morning reading various things. I tried to take an early afternoon nap but was unsuccessful. I went next door to Debbie’s and chatted with her for a while. The car repair folks messaged that my car was ready, and Randy took me to get it. He had stopped in and was talking with me and Debbie. Upon returning I spent some more time at the store, until I went to Piggly Wiggly for some dinner items. I wanted to finish watching the Fast and Furious movie this evening, but my rental had expired. So I’m just relaxing now.

Roller coaster day.

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My dad and I met the surveyor at the new property this morning, and that went really well. Afterwards I did more clearing and I think decided upon where the house will go, dependent upon soil tests. Once again it was a lot of fun. You just can’t beat working with a tractor and chainsaw. The mild weather sure helped too. I took a late lunch and then went down to the lumberyard in Winchester to get a quote. He said that prices were so volatile right now that they were only giving quotes about a week out. So I drove back up the Mountain and drove by my house to see if the plumber was there. He was not. When I went to turn around my car, disaster struck. There was a horrible noise and then it wouldn’t go. Fortunately no cars were coming and I was able to push it off the road. I called the auto service place where I’ve gotten a couple of oil changes before, and they came and hauled it in. On the bright side he said it looks like an axle issue and he went ahead and ordered the part. It should be done by tomorrow afternoon. The mechanic, Joe, drove me to the Goat Market where I hung out and chatted with Eric until it had cooled down enough for me to walk back to the cottage. It was still pretty warm, but the walk was mostly enjoyable. Now I’m just chilling.