Day 15 I had to go to the doctor’s office today for a tetanus shot. I woke up this morning to a red itchy rash on both arms and put two and two together. I know it doesn’t sound like the two are linked, but on day one I cut my arm on the house. I didn’t think much of it at the time, cleaned up the blood and put a band aid on the cut. For days I carried sheet rock, old boards and other various dirty things to the car dump. The same thing happened to Mitch last year, that’s the only reason I even thought about it. About two weeks after he had worked on the exhaust system underneath the El Camino, rolling around in dirt and rust where he scratched up his arms pretty good, he broke out in a red itchy rash and his joints started aching. He went to the doctor’s office and yes he needed a tetanus shot. My last one was fourteen years ago, so I was due.
This day turned into one step forward, ten back. I had ordered lights for the mirrors online and went they arrived, the lights were way too big and had cloth shades. Nowhere on the web site did it describe the shades as cloth. Cloth won’t work in a humid environment. I returned them to the home improvement store and found out I didn’t all of the necessary paperwork. That meant a trip home to print out some shipping confirmation that had a barcode on it so that the same store that I ordered from could read and then authorize a return. Isn’t technology great?
Meanwhile, Mitch is diligently trying to measure, cut and lay the underlayment so that he can tile the floor, but things didn’t go so well. A couple of catastrophes interrupted that. A flat tire and a tire store that can’t even look at the tire for 2 hours in order to determine if it can be repaired or if a new tire is needed.
I’m trying to get all of the errands done, take back lights, buy new lights, stain for the cabinets, dirt and tomato plants for the garden, (and get them in the ground) because it’s time to plant. Oh and don’t forget doctor’s appointment. All of this and be done and cleaned up in time for a retirement, birthday and welcome home party this afternoon. Our friends like to multi-task too.
At least we’re still married.
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