Calm in chaos, MK4, Swamp
Saturday morning a plumber was at the door bright and early to disconnect the plumbing in the kitchen and master bathroom prior to the cabinet rip out. I was up early anyway clearing everything out of the cabinets and off the counters which gave me flashbacks to the chaos I felt shortly after moving. I simply reminded myself it’s part of the process and things will be back to normal sooner rather than later. The plumber had his girlfriend/wife sitting in the passenger side of his van the entire time he was working which was a bit weird, but ok. Once he finished up a couple hours later he made the call to the cabinet installer to let him know it was his turn.
When the installer showed up I was actually out to lunch with Christine but I was able to get them access to the house by remotely opening the garage door with my phone. When I got back they were actively ripping the cabinets out. I evidently had formed an inaccurate timeline of what was going to happen. I thought they were ripping out the cabinets and installing new ones the same day. Carlos told me they would just be ripping out the old stuff that day and the cabinet install would continue on Monday/Tuesday. The window of chaos may last longer than I originally expected.
When they were done I was left with a barren kitchen and master bath sink area. I have all of the stuff that used to reside in there scattered across other storage areas and portable tables. It’s quite the mess. The only working sink inside the house right now is in the guest bathroom so I am cleaning dishes and brushing my teeth at the same spot. Sure it is logistically inconvenient but doable.
I kept myself busy as the work progressed. One of the things I did was unbox and set up my new Prusa MK4 printer. This printer has a bunch of new tech that impressed me enough to pull the trigger, despite 3D printing getting a lot less time and attention in my life than it once had. In the span of 15 minutes I had the printer up and running. The initial test print I did of a rocket engine was flawless.
I also started working on some of the few remaining boxes I have in the garage. Most of it was stuff that was hanging on the walls at my old place. I got a lot of it hung but there were a few additional casualties when I evaluated if I really needed certain items any longer. I still am in the mindset where I am able to discard things that I have had for a long time without major trepidation.
Saturday night I once again hit the bar at Carrabas for dinner. The bartender there, Helen is great. She remembers my name, my drink order and typical menu items. She is from Ireland and seems like a very nice woman. I brought home the extra spaghetti with the intent of having it as a warm up meal. That plan evaporated when I stupidly left the container in the Tesla overnight.
Sunday morning I slept pretty late thanks to Unisom. After a lengthy bill paying session I loaded the EX30 into the back of the Tacoma to drive out to my old stomping grounds. I parked at the new park and then rode the wheel into the swamp, a staple test in all of my demo wheel evaluations. It was stupid hot with temps creeping into the 90s but I had a great ride. Despite it’s weight the EX30 felt quite comfortable on the swamp trail with it’s suspension doing an admirable job of eating up the bumps. I saw 7 or 8 gators but they were all down off the trail path instead of walking right at me as happened last time I was there.
Christine came over later in the afternoon. We grabbed dinner down by Bayfront at a great Mexican place. She is a lot of fun and makes me laugh, a lot.
Last night there was a powerful thunderstorm that rolled through that had Elsa freaked out. She just kept roaming the room trying to seek safety. She eventually wound up in the master closet. This morning I stuck around the house until the cabinet installers showed up a bit before 9. They dropped off all of their tools first and then had to go run to get the actual cabinets. My remote garage door capabilities combined with Ring camera surveillance will be coming in handy.