Life After Windbird, Day 18: The Bookcase Project
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Weather: Cooling Down, High Temp 78 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio #8, Falmouth, MA
The bookcase project was the focus of the day. The new toilet did not get installed because the maintenance person here did not show up this morning. He called and said he had to wait for the delivery of a washer and dryer for another apartment. Later he called and wanted to reschedule for late afternoon or in the morning. Mark took the call and wet the time for tomorrow morning. We’ll wait and see if that really happens. Mark also has a visiting nurse appointment in the morning. They will call around 9 am and set the time. And as soon as we have that meeting, I will be off to see the Goldpebbles. Heather called tonight saying they were on their way. She and Jed both have to work tomorrow, but Heather can wait and go in late morning giving me the time to meet with the visiting nurse. I’m really hoping the nurse will have some suggestions for us as Mark continues to struggle with pain and nausea. The pain is constant so we have to make some change in the pain medication regimen.
I started my morning by going to a routine appointment with my chiropractor and then I stopped by Heather and Jed’s to water the garden and do a few things in preparation of their return. When I got home, Mark was very weak, but he wanted to help with the installation of the new bookshelves in the guest bedroom. We had a full size bookshelf already in place and yesterday added two narrow bookshelves—one for the corner and one on the other side. So I needed to find a way to connect the shelves. I talked to Mark about this asked him if he thought I could buy narrow hinges to do the job. He thought it would work, so I went back out to get the hinges. When I returned, I provided the strength to get the bookshelves in just the right position and Mark drilled the holes and screwed in the hinges. It worked perfectly and then I spent the rest of the afternoon putting all of the books from the full-size bookshelf back on the shelves. Last night I had to take all of those books off the shelf so that we could maneuver to connect the new additions. So those books went back on the shelves and I was able to add all of my photo albums and all of the notebooks from Windbird on the new shelves.
This is something I have really wanted to get done and I am very happy with the results. This is the last of any planned projects, so now we can just relax and enjoy our upcoming visits with family. I have three days of Camp Oma before Patsy and Joe, my sister and brother-in-law, arrive on Saturday. Can’t wait to see them.
