Wet Wednesday

We had wicked winds and driving rain on Wednesday afternoon here (there goes cutting the back lawn tonight).

But I had already promised to go to a “Goodbye and Good Luck” gathering for our Network Operations leader. He’s been here just over 10 years, but is now moving on to take a position at GE.

The turnout was dismal (only nine people – probably due to the weather) But, since the place is about a mile from my house, I figured I could risk it. We made up for the lack of numbers (20+ people had accepted the invite) with camaraderie.

I was the first to leave, just after 6:15 PM.

Back home, I had just under one inch of water in the rain gauge. No way can I get the back lawn cut tonight. So, I switched over to the garbage disposal. I got it all ready for the installation and then my friend B___ called. We chatted for a while (mostly about the storms). He said the tornado sirens went off at his place and there “may’ have been a touchdown in or near Armada.

When we hung up, I went back to the damn disposal. I have one big problem: Directly in front of where the garbage disposal has to go is my water pipe for the house, a water meter and many pipes. So, you have to sneak it behind there, then pick up that sucker with one hand (and its heavy) and attempt to turn the locking collar with the other. I tried three times, none were successful.

I thought of an alternative plan: setting the garbage disposal on “something” and then locking the ring on. But it was already 8:30 PM, so I pushed off the install until Friday.

I watched a new, taped Poiret (sp) movie, eating pasta salad for dinner (what else?) Then I went to sleep (or tried to) around midnight.