Feeling better but still tired. Went to Lowes with my friend to get the tub & surround for his bathroom reno. The clerk who helped me find a flatbed cart had a good sense of humor. We talked about how our allergies were scaring people (pollen was out in force & making us sneeze). My friend put on a child's voice and called out "grandma!" to my mother in the store because she zipped off in a riding cart ahead of us & had me laughing so hard I started coughing-- people started running away from me. Had to take a double dose of my allergy meds bc I woke up sneezing and stuffed up. I realized I'd forgotten to change the HVAC filter & checked it. Went to put a new one in and realized Mom ordered the wrong size. Went searching because I knew there was a box of the right size somewhere. Found the right size one and managed to cut my finger on the filter. It didn't want to line up to set in the bottom and I reached down to adjust it and managed to hit some sharp metal. I have that sort of luck-- I've managed to cut my finger on a paint brush before. Fortunately it didn't hurt but it bled a lot. The filter change seems to have helped now. I forgot that I also got my friend to grab a was ring for the toilet and a tub spout-- picked one with an escutcheon to better cover any holes/gaps. I had to explain to him how it attached (showing him the set screw).
Dropped by the Mitsubishi dealer so my friend could see if they had a part he needs in stock- clerk didn't even know how to search for the part in the computer & my friend had to teach him how. Then we stopped by Best Buy to get new case fans and CPU fan for my computer. All of my fans had gone out and my CPU was overheating - 76°C. Got price-gouged on them because there was not much in stock. $60 for a pack of 3 fans and $40 for the CPU fan to replace the dead liquid cooling unit. It's running at about 25°C now. The bonus is, the 3 pack of fans came with colored lights (old fans had no lights) & the cats are afraid to sit on top of them. That will keep them from blocking the airflow. My friend is going to see if he can get the liquid cooler working for his computer. I wanted to order fans from Amazon, but they have suspended shipping until April & I needed the fans asap to keep my processor from burning up.
I made a call to Kohler to ask about the different combinations of wall & shower pan sets because there are different model numbers and found out the back wall I wanted is only compatible with 34" side walls but I need 30" (no greater than 32"). Also realized after checking specs that they gave me misinformation bc their website is confusing & even they can't figure out compatibility. LOL. They gave me the product # for the 32" base instead of the 30" base. But the employee tried & it's not her fault that whoever came up with the system didn't make it more clear which sets went together.
All dine-in services are shut down here. Only drive-thru is available. I miss my favorite Chinese buffet place. My brother had to go to work again to deep clean at the casino. He hasn't spoken to me enough to tell me whether or not he has to keep going in. My friend got a call from his boss while I was visiting & the boss said his company has laid off all but 10 employees (and this is a place that has employees in multiple states all over). Said they were keeping him on until they knew whether or not they were going out of business entirely. No paycheck for him apparently though-- he might have to file for unemployment.
Some house guests were causing drama for my friend and his fiance. Apparently, a female guest didn't like how my friend's fiance dresses & sits in her own home (thinks she should wear a bra, cover herself up more, and cross her legs to sit "like a lady") and apparently complained that she thought the pregnant girl was trying to seduce her boyfriend or something. The boyfriend was uncomfortable with it so he stayed out of the room- but they didn't say anything to her (and really, they shouldn't have made an issue out of it bc she was just trying to be comfortable & didn't realize it bothered them). It would be different if she were a guest in their home. The male guest was stressed to the max because he almost lost his job- his gf called him to tell him that someone was at his house (the one that burned) with a U-Haul & loading up with his stuff. He rushed over there to find his crackhead aunt stealing anything of value. She claimed his grandmother asked her to go over and grab stuff for her-- anything that the grandmother could use-- but didn't think to ask him if that was OK. He was very pissed off about it & suspected the crackhead just wanted to sell his stuff. He also seemed to think his gf was cheating on him, but that woman is in so much pain from neuropathy, I don't think she'd be able to do anything so he's just being paranoid & worrying himself over nothing. She can barely move & she's been having seizures-- she's not up for having an affair. He was so upset he was crying so I gave him a hug & I reminded him that her health is so bad that it's very unlikely she'd cheat on him in that condition. I think the suspicion runs in his family though. He comes from a very unstable home life. He's also upset because he doesn't know how to help with her deteriorating health.
Still no sign of my missing cat. My one-eyed cat is curled up on me right now. The dog is curled up at the foot of my bed. She was climbing on me earlier because she got jealous of the cat. LOL.
I think I mentioned that the new cabinet pulls arrived. I was very pleased with myself when I saw how Mom reacted when she first saw the pictures & they look great in person too. It's these ones:
Richelieu BP380213058 Brass / Blue Flower 3 Inch Center to Center Handle Cabinet Pull
She told me the old ones (which don't look as nice & have tarnished over the years) cost around $8 per pull and there are over 50 of them in the kitchen. The kitchen cabinets were custom built by my father out of oak. He'd gotten 1,000 board feet of the oak on a good sale from a timber yard that was going out of business. Made a lot of stuff out of them, but sadly, the tenants stole the rest of it while we were gone. One day I'll do a thread on my kitchen & the repairs it needs.
Friday I'm taking him to the other Mitsubishi dealership to get a part that he ordered for his car that *should* fix the problems he's having. Might have to grab some more cat food while I'm up there.
Peanut, glad you didn't get a ticket. Speed limit out my roads used to be 55mph but now they have signs that say 35mph-- nobody obeys that & there are rarely cops around. I've only seen them out there twice (when they weren't called out for something) when they were hiding out waiting for logging trucks. The loggers like to violate the rule of no driving on the road w/in 24hrs of substantial rain & they tear the road up. The paving for the road is not eve a full inch thick so it breaks apart easily & when the water gets under the road it is more vulnerable to breaking up. It's pot-hole galore out here.
They were young enough she was serious
did I really say that?
