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Pulling Our Lives Back Together
Jul. 10th, 2022 06:06 pmI have a feeling it make take much of this summer to get Westercon behind us, by which time we'll be in the run-up to Worldcon, In any event, today's jobs included some mundane tasks, starting with refueling the Astro. To my astonishment, I paid more to fuel up in Fernley than I did in Tonopah, but that's because Rebel Oil's price is so good. I feel bad about forgetting to send an item about the "where the locals refuel" secret to the Tonopah Telegraph.
After refueling, I went by Walgreens to pick up an new bottle of sunscreen, as I'd used up my supply during the Tonopah trip, and got a few other items to get my travel kit moving in the right direction for Chicago.
Later in the day, Lisa and I went to Lowe's to get new pads for the swamp cooler. We would have put the cooler back into service before Westercon, but we were too busy. Now it's getting increasingly urgent as the daytime highs are in the mid to high 30s C.
We cut the pads down to size, removed the old pads, and Lisa vacuumed out the crud from inside the cooler. We rolled it inside the house, and I started to refill it. Except that both Lisa and I thought the other one had put the drain plug back into the cooler. When we put it away for the winter, we left the plug out to make sure water didn't pool in the bottom of it, but neither of us checked to see if the plug was back in place before I poured water into it. The better part of ten liters of water went into the carpet before I could get the thing rolled back outside to drain the rest away.
Lisa got out the Shop-Vac and vacuumed as much water as she could from the carpet. We have a fan pointed at the damp area, and we figure it should be good to go tomorrow.
Meanwhile, it's time for me to try and get back on my normal work day sleep schedule after three weeks of Westercon.
After refueling, I went by Walgreens to pick up an new bottle of sunscreen, as I'd used up my supply during the Tonopah trip, and got a few other items to get my travel kit moving in the right direction for Chicago.
Later in the day, Lisa and I went to Lowe's to get new pads for the swamp cooler. We would have put the cooler back into service before Westercon, but we were too busy. Now it's getting increasingly urgent as the daytime highs are in the mid to high 30s C.
We cut the pads down to size, removed the old pads, and Lisa vacuumed out the crud from inside the cooler. We rolled it inside the house, and I started to refill it. Except that both Lisa and I thought the other one had put the drain plug back into the cooler. When we put it away for the winter, we left the plug out to make sure water didn't pool in the bottom of it, but neither of us checked to see if the plug was back in place before I poured water into it. The better part of ten liters of water went into the carpet before I could get the thing rolled back outside to drain the rest away.
Lisa got out the Shop-Vac and vacuumed as much water as she could from the carpet. We have a fan pointed at the damp area, and we figure it should be good to go tomorrow.
Meanwhile, it's time for me to try and get back on my normal work day sleep schedule after three weeks of Westercon.
