The Best Laid Plans
Oct. 6th, 2024 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperI had some plans for today. Then the fence fell down again.
The wind today wasn't *extremely* strong. But the section with the gate with it had already taken damage and had been propped up, so today it came down and ripped the fence section loose from the intact corner post, making a complete mess of it. I managed to lift it back up into position, got K to bring me a 2x4 from the garage and propped it up.
That lasted for maybe half an hour. Then it fell down again.
So I found a second 2x4 and propped the fence up again. It is still standing.
It is *nothing* resembling stable.
I now have an appointment with one company to come give me an estimate on fixing this mess tomorrow. I have calls out to three more companies to get estimates in the hope of being able to do some comparisons. Whatever happens is not going to be cheap.
Meanwhile, the new TV is supposed to be delivered *sometime* tomorrow. The website had been showing a 3-7 PM delivery window, but that information is no longer there, so I'm assuming that they could reschedule the delivery for almost any time in the day.
Gretchen just asked if 7 AM was a possibility. Probably not, but I'm told that I'll get text alerts on my phone about all this tomorrow.
Probably at 7 AM.
This means that the kids and I will be moving the existing TV off the existing stand shortly to make room for the new TV.
Right after the Padres vs. Dodgers game ends...
The wind today wasn't *extremely* strong. But the section with the gate with it had already taken damage and had been propped up, so today it came down and ripped the fence section loose from the intact corner post, making a complete mess of it. I managed to lift it back up into position, got K to bring me a 2x4 from the garage and propped it up.
That lasted for maybe half an hour. Then it fell down again.
So I found a second 2x4 and propped the fence up again. It is still standing.
It is *nothing* resembling stable.
I now have an appointment with one company to come give me an estimate on fixing this mess tomorrow. I have calls out to three more companies to get estimates in the hope of being able to do some comparisons. Whatever happens is not going to be cheap.
Meanwhile, the new TV is supposed to be delivered *sometime* tomorrow. The website had been showing a 3-7 PM delivery window, but that information is no longer there, so I'm assuming that they could reschedule the delivery for almost any time in the day.
Gretchen just asked if 7 AM was a possibility. Probably not, but I'm told that I'll get text alerts on my phone about all this tomorrow.
Probably at 7 AM.
This means that the kids and I will be moving the existing TV off the existing stand shortly to make room for the new TV.
Right after the Padres vs. Dodgers game ends...