On the DL for a Few Days

I often wonder how I got anything done around the house when I was working a full time job with lots of overtime and then working two weekends a month in the Air Force Reserve, but I think I did more then than I can now that I'm retired. I could work eight hours a day now doing nothing more than household chores, yard maintenance, and trying to catch up with my wife's special projects. I guess I'll blame it on body wear and the years catching up.

The insurance adjuster was out yesterday to document the hail damage from the hail storm a week ago. The roof survived with only minor cosmetic damage, but the 70mph wind must have lifted a shingle or two in a valley over the kitchen. I now have a leak to repair, but with all the serious roof damage in the area, I haven't found a roofer who wants to take on a small repair when there are entire roofs nearby that need replacement. I'd do it myself, but my wife won't let me climb on a roof anymore.

With all the things going on lately, not much has been accomplished on the car. I screwed up my back when I had to carry the old dog to the vet. She's only forty pounds, but it was enough to irritate something so I can hardly bend over. If I do, it's hard to stand up again, so I'm limited to light weights and not much bending for now. No word from the upholstery shop yet, but with a bad back I really don't want to mess with the heavy seats.

I did receive a couple of things I ordered last week. I got a roll of 1/8" thick adhesive backed closed cell foam to use for insulation and sound control on the inside firewall. If my back is better tomorrow I'll try to get that applied so I can permanently install the AC mounts and determine the exact dimensions for the hoses. That same material is recommended for doors, and I should have enough left for them.

The cable for the trunk mounted battery also showed up. Now I can try routing it to see which way works best and determine where the battery will fit. The plan is to run the cable through a conduit inside the console with a feedthrough terminal on the firewall.  Then I can feed battery power to the inside relay panel from that point without having to go through the firewall connector.

I dropped off the wiper bezels at the machine shop last week to have them ream the holes and install the new bushings. The bushings measured the same OD as the old ones, but apparently the plating built up inside the hole and I really didn't want to mess with re-sizing either the holes or the bushings.