Not The Plan
Jun. 29th, 2010 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupSo, since I awoke this morning fully refreshed, and at a reasonable hour, I figured I would manage to get a lot done today. This appears to be the case, although not how I planned.
Just after I got out of the shower, I learned that my brother was coming over to do the last 30 minutes of work on the bathroom, after which he'd help me mount the stacking kit on the washer / dryer and stack them. This will free up some much-needed space in the basement.
Now the only problem with this plan was that I didn't know where the stacking kit was. For ages it sat on top of the dryer as I tried to figure out how to stack the machines myself. Obviously it never happened. I vaguely remembered putting the stacking kit on one of the basement shelves but a cursory look there revealed nothing.
Now, the shelves were pure chaos. Things stuffed everywhere, with no rhyme or reason. It only got worse after our basement flood, which brought up another good question: had the thing been packed away into a box so we could fix the basement?
Anyway, I headed downstairs to search for the kit, and had pulled most of the stuff off of one shelf when the phone rang. My brother's car had died shortly after he'd gotten off the highway. Linda is with him now, helping him sort things out and get his car to the garage.
Meanwhile I got back to work and by the time I'd spent two hours pulling everything off the shelves, sorting it, and putting it back, I was able to conclude that the stacking kit just wasn't there. I was contemplating some of the many sealed boxes in the basement with dismay at the thought of hunting through them, when I thought to clear off the washer and dryer. After all, they'd need to be cleared to use the kit.
Sure enough, under a pile of clothes, there was the kit. I guess I never had gotten around to putting it on the shelves. Anyway, if my brother gets his car problems sorted out while there's still time, we'll be stacking the washer and dryer today. If not, at least I know where the stacking kit is for next time.
Just after I got out of the shower, I learned that my brother was coming over to do the last 30 minutes of work on the bathroom, after which he'd help me mount the stacking kit on the washer / dryer and stack them. This will free up some much-needed space in the basement.
Now the only problem with this plan was that I didn't know where the stacking kit was. For ages it sat on top of the dryer as I tried to figure out how to stack the machines myself. Obviously it never happened. I vaguely remembered putting the stacking kit on one of the basement shelves but a cursory look there revealed nothing.
Now, the shelves were pure chaos. Things stuffed everywhere, with no rhyme or reason. It only got worse after our basement flood, which brought up another good question: had the thing been packed away into a box so we could fix the basement?
Anyway, I headed downstairs to search for the kit, and had pulled most of the stuff off of one shelf when the phone rang. My brother's car had died shortly after he'd gotten off the highway. Linda is with him now, helping him sort things out and get his car to the garage.
Meanwhile I got back to work and by the time I'd spent two hours pulling everything off the shelves, sorting it, and putting it back, I was able to conclude that the stacking kit just wasn't there. I was contemplating some of the many sealed boxes in the basement with dismay at the thought of hunting through them, when I thought to clear off the washer and dryer. After all, they'd need to be cleared to use the kit.
Sure enough, under a pile of clothes, there was the kit. I guess I never had gotten around to putting it on the shelves. Anyway, if my brother gets his car problems sorted out while there's still time, we'll be stacking the washer and dryer today. If not, at least I know where the stacking kit is for next time.
