Pack and ship

Yesterday Cindy was quite busy, going around the house with the pressure washer, cleaning the aluminum gutters and eaves of the house which have several years of crud accumulated on them.  I was skeptical of her being able to run the pressure washer for very long because of the issues she has with her hands but she did a nice job.  It certainly is great having home maintenance tasks that have been exclusively mine to perform over the years get handled while I work. 🙂  She has a bit more to do around the house before she tackles the two storage sheds which turn green on a regular basis.

Last night my major task was getting the Ipico equipment that was being traded in to MyLaps packed up.  This was a task that I knew would be a pain in the ass as shipping the timing mats require odd sized boxes.  The purchase of the auxiliary chicken coop actually turned out to be an unintended stroke of good luck, I was able to pile four of the six mats into it.   I then had two custom boxes  in the small shed for the remaining two boxes.

This morning Cindy and I loaded up the boxes in the truck so she can take them to FedEx to ship them out.  I am expecting a large bill, probably in excess of $200.  It felt good to get the stuff boxed up and out of the house, it cleared up some space in the hobby room and marks the start of my MyLaps timing journey.

I stayed up late last night watching Kickboxer, which Cindy never saw.  I told her it was epic and awesome.  She didn’t believe me.  Unfortunately for her she dosed off before the historic fists in broken glass final fight scene.  The movie was like popping open a fresh bottle of the 80’s that still had it’s carbonation.