7-21-08 Monday (That hottub sure looks heavy)

It was divide and conquer day. I dropped Jim off at the RV so he could hang with the carpet guys while I hung out with the hot tub moving guys.

The carpet and linoleum looks fantastic but not done yet. They have to come back tomorrow to finish a few things. Jim installed the cat flap for the basement and organized tools as well as cleaning out the basement. We had switched the fridge to run off propane so that we'd have additional power on hand for a/c and power tools but the guys hit the off button on the fridge by accident and now it will have to be thrown out. There wasn't too much in there yet.

I was amazed at the hot tub guys. There were 3: bossman middle aged, another middle aged with a broken arm and a scrawny 13-15 year old. The hot tub was placed on PVC pipes to "roll" it. They removed the screening. I followed them to the storage place. The tub was a tight fit. Water had come out of the jets and was at the bottom of the hot tub. So, I go home, get the shop vac and return to the storage unit to remove the excess water (we planned to put stuff in it to conserve space). I plugged the shop vac in at the storage place and no power. I called the main office and asked if they could switch it on. She was so concerned over how much power I would use and why so I explained. She told me the power would work at 7pm when the lights come on. I return to the storage unit with a power inverter hooked up to a car and it doesn't have the balls to power the shop vac. I figured we'd have to return to the storage unit at 7pm to get da juice. Meanwhile, Jim was still dealing with carpet so I went to Wal-Mart (again) and picked up some more storage bins and other things. By the way, this is my 3rd friggin' dish drainer that still won't fit. I refuse to deal with a tiny RV dish drainer although I'll probably have to succumb. Damn those sink making people. It's a conspiracy. Not quite sure how yet, but it will come to me.
Back to the storage unit with some stuff. The power still doesn't work. Some lights are on but not our building. We attempt to find the photocell. It's now 8:10 pm and still this unit has no power. Jim climbs through the boxes and rips one open to get an extension cord and viola, we're done.

New problem we're trying to resolve, we have a small storage pod we were going to have delivered and get a few things out of, then empty the rest into the unit. There's no room for it. So we either we need another storage unit, which will make #5 or we leave it be.

10 PM, we've showered and just finished eating the delicious ziti Ann had given us the day before. Jim wants to run some stuff to his Grandmother's house to get it out of the way. He's feeling time crunched so as usual we'll be working until 11 pm or later....

Say goodbye to the ivy, the green carpet and the old linoleum.....